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NAB sells insurance business to Nippon Life

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) has sold 80% of its MLC life insurance business to Japanese insurer Nippon Life for $2.4 billion. NAB will retain ownership of its superannuation, platforms, advice and asset management businesses. It will also retain the ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Despite succumbing to heightened financial market volatility in August and September, the Japanese equity market remains an outperformer. From January through to yesterday, 21 October, the Nikkei-225 index has risen by 6.3%. While down from the 19.4% ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... the last few months in a bid to secure returns in a low growth environment. "We used to like US equities, European and Japanese equities. But we like them a bit less now because they come with the uncertainty around the Fed's decision, and there are ...

NAB enters into MOU with Nippon Life

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... enhance the experience for our customers." In September, Nippon Life also announced it had reached an agreement to buy Japanese life insurer Mitsui Life. This follows the insurance giant announcing its A¥1.5 trillion ($17 billion) mergers and acquisitions ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... in US dollar terms through December and 5.1% through March so we will move to an overweight stance." The GIC expects Japanese corporate earnings to rise over the next two quarters after their weak third quarter performance. The committee notes that Japanese ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... signatory to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after a recent UN assembly meeting. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) would sign on in a move that "will ...

Japanese life giant to acquire rival

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Nippon Life has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Mitsui Life. Following industry speculation in August that Nippon, Japan's second-biggest life insurer, was planning to acquire Mitsui in September, the two companies have jointly announced ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... introduction of Abenomics and monetary easing has brought to Japan "something of a turnaround in the best managers of Japanese reflation. Normal GDP has started to increase and during the first quarter of the year it increased to the fastest pace for ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... slightly in Europe. Estes said every time he and members of the investment team visit Japan they come back more enthused. "Japanese equities are considerably cheaper than their US counterparts," Estes said. "In 2013, the [Japanese equities] market was ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... gainers such as British publisher Pearson which announced it was selling its flagship business daily the Financial Times to Japanese digital media group Nikkei. The euro firmed to $US1.0966 from $US1.0926 late in New York on Wednesday, as Greece took ...