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Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... 3.4% (annualised) off the economy. So much so that Japan's consumer price inflation measures have U-turned away from the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) ever-so-elusive 2.0% target. The country's annual headline inflation rate weakened to 0.2% in April ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic was both a curse and a blessing (for lack of a better word) for China's Politburo. Social restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the powers-that-be to contain the virus sent the economy plunging 6.8% in the year to the March ...

VFMC appoints head of equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... people in our talented team across our internal and external portfolios in equities." Lingaretnam has worked at Macquarie Bank, Aviva, IOOF, Lonsec, across equities, fixed interest and derivatives. VFMC was advised by Kaizen Recruitment on the external ...

IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... manages about $7.5 billion, of which roughly $4 billion is in direct lending and the rest across warehouse facilities for non-bank lenders making consumer loans and fixed income. Hiran Wanigasekera, an executive director at IFM Investors with joint management ...

House prices expected to tumble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... Bloxham said low interest rates would work to make the housing market attractive to borrowers. This comes after Commonwealth Bank suggested house prices could fall as much as 32% with the bank reserving $1.5 billion to offset the impacts of COVID-19. ...

Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe and APRA chair Wayne Byres have called on the big banks to support the Australian COVID-19 recovery, rather than their shareholders. Speaking during a FINSIA webinar, Lowe said over the past decade APRA ...

Count Financial makes growth-focused hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... Financial has hired an experienced practice development manager, whose resume features the likes of Affinia, Commonwealth Bank and AMP, to ramp up its growth strategy. Chris Burton has been appointed as Count's practice development manager, and started ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... economy in the world... is a big no no... NO. More so if that country (China) buys 34.7% of your exports (based on World Bank figures) that roughly equates to what Australia sells to Japan (16.4%), South Korea (7.0%), India (4.9%), US (3.8%), and Singapore ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Although the last two months have been marked by increased volatility and disruption, small caps have largely outperformed. During March, small caps performed broadly in line with their larger counterparts, with the ASX Small Ordinaries Index dropping ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
With investors caught in a nasty tug of war between the dire economic reality and the hope of a virus cure, industry leaders have warned of the potential for further downside. And with macro threats looming, markets, already fragile from a period of ...