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Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... Bank's (ECB) also fighting back, announcing that it would intervene to short-circuit rising bond yields. So has the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of Korea (BOK). BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda told Japan's parliament: "The BOJ has no intention ...

First Sentier funds appoint new RE

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... Investors brands. The change comes after First Sentier (then known as Colonial First State Global Asset Management) was sold to Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation in 2019. "Given the change in ownership, Colonial First State believed ...

Count Financial expands national reach

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... years' experience in financial planning. YS Financial Planning is headed up by Yasu Kuramochi, who moved to Australia from Japan in 2003, and studied at Griffith University. In 2015 he established his own firm which delivers holistic advice to clients. ...

Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... assets out of 22 countries analysed. The US holds the largest amount of pension assets at US$32.6 trillion, followed by Japan (US$3.6tn), the UK (US$3.56tn), Canada (US$3.1tn), Australia (US$2.3tn), the Netherlands (US$1.9tn) and Switzerland (US$1.2tn). ...

Perpetual introduces new family office team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... service ultra-high-net worths and as executive director, head of client management & delivery Asia Pacific (ex. China and Japan) at J.P. Morgan. Lipscombe will be joined by Michelle Maynard as partner and his former colleagues at Mutual Trust Frederick ...

Chief economist update: Nikkei not so fine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... 64.1% from the lows plumbed in mid-March 2020. As at 9 February 2021, the Nikkei-225 index has risen by another 7.5% despite Japan extending the COVID-19 state of emergency for another month in 11 prefectures. It was originally slated to end on February ...

Janus Henderson loses capital investment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... part of the agreement, Dai-ichi will appoint one of its senior executives to assist Janus Henderson's distribution in Japan. Janus Henderson chief executive Dick Weil said the firm looks forward to continuing the strong relationship with the insurer ...

Stonehorn Global Partners names investor head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... with senior analyst John Lam. The Stonehorn Asia Equity Fund launched in June 2019 and invests in up to 30 Asian stocks (ex-Japan) and is not limited to a benchmark, sector, country, or market-cap. The fund has returned over 55% in a one-year period. ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... particularly large for the advanced economy group, reflecting additional fiscal support-mostly in the United States and Japan-together with expectations of earlier widespread vaccine availability compared to the emerging market and developing economy ...

JPMAM hires ESG expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... stewardship as part of its commitment to sustainable investing. Felix Lam is the new head of investment stewardship for Asia ex-Japan. His responsibilities include overseeing the firm's regional stewardship approach by leading corporate engagement, proxy ...