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Nikko AM selects new reporting tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... use all of the supplier's suite for reporting requirements including "from fact sheets to client reports in addition to Japanese language reporting." Vermilion global sales and marketing director Simon Cornwell said the firm was thrilled to be working ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... distressed debt funds posted the worst return, down 5.31% - their worst performance since 2008. On a regional basis, Japanese managers led developed market mandates with annual gains of 6.21%. European managers followed with an average return of 5.06% ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... (down 0.4 from the previous month) Willingness to buy durable goods:41.6 (the same as the previous month) To be sure, Japanese consumers' confidence had been slowly improving since hitting a three-year low reading of 37 back in April 2014. But despite ...

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
... necessary approvals to complete its acquisition of the assets and investment management team of London-based long/short Japanese equity boutique, PK Investment Management. Once the deal is completed, the PK Investment Management team, led by Paul Kirkby ...

Nippon Life says MLC will bolster falling profits

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Japanese life insurer Nippon Life has reported an 8% drop in ordinary profit to $2.9 billion in the six months to September 30, 2015. Nippon Life's statement attributed this to the Japanese economy "gradually [declining] due to concerns about the Chinese ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... be a bit of an anti-climax but it's now official... the Chinese yuan will formally join the US dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound in the International Monetary Fund's basket of reserve currencies known as Special Drawing Rights ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... old CHF1.20/Euro exchange rate cap. It soared by 22.4 against the euro, 20.2% versus the US dollar and 19.4% versus the Japanese yen. This despite announcing counter-measures - it took its negative interest rate policy (NIRP) more negative -- "...it ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... very few could argue against these central bank moves when they become fact. Not so for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The Japanese central bank had been expected to expand its QQE measures as early last month. It hasn't. The BOJ kept policy unchanged at its ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... maintained JGB purchases at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion - the BOJ reiterated its positive assessment and outlook on the Japanese economy. "Japan's economy has continued to recover moderately... business fixed investment has been on a moderate increasing ...

MLC insurance sale to cost NAB $1.5bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... insurance business at $3.5 billion and its remaining 20% stake at $600 million. NAB will sell 80% of the business to Japanese insurer Nippon Life. However, it will retain ownership of its superannuation, platforms, advice and asset management businesses. ...