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LaSalle appoints new APAC chief

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... Pacific global real estate group at Lehman Brothers. As such, a new Asia Pacific chief executive has been appointed in LaSalle Japan chief executive Keith Fujii. Fujii has previously held roles with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Grove International ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... shipments to the US jumped by 46.1%; Australia (22.6%); Taiwan (18.1%); South Korea (9.5%); the European Union (8.6%); and Japan (5.6%). Chinese import purchases increased slowed to 4.5% in the year to November from 4.7% in the previous month, but is ...

Charter Hall, Allianz Real Estate acquire assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... for the manager. "In the Asia-Pacific region we have an exposure of over USD $2.4 billion to logistics across Australia, Japan, China, and India," he said. "We value our long-standing relationship with Charter Hall, and we are very excited to partner ...

AMP Capital APAC managing director exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... (MUTB) 15% stake in AMP Capital is also a factor. "In his time with the business, including in his three years based in Japan, Craig has been instrumental in establishing cross-cultural relationships in the Asia Pacific region and has made a significant ...

Ellerston listed Asia fund adds director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... agreed to join of EAI. She brings considerable experience in the funds management area including a recent focus on Asia ex-Japan portfolios," the firm said. Carr is currently a non-executive director at Total Risk Management which acts a trustee for ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... that Beijing accounts for 35.3% of total exports in 2019/20, much more than our next five biggest export markets combined - Japan (11.8%), South Korea (5.8%), USA (5.8%), UK (4.4%), and India (3.9%). Australia's exports of goods and services account ...

WTW calls for more investment in China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... ownership of Chinese onshore assets is currently low, especially when compared to other major Asian markets like India, Japan and Korea. This is largely because Chinese capital markets have historically been difficult for outside investors to access. ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... believe they could rebound by 12% in our best-case scenario." Excluding Australia, dividends from Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) were exactly flat year-on-year, reflecting the milder impact of the pandemic both on the population and on the economy, stronger ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... 89th, Aware Super 90th and BT Funds Management at 98th. The largest asset owner is the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan with US$1.55 trillion in AUM followed by the Government Pension Fund of Norway at US$1.06 trillion and China Investment ...

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... infections equals more monetary policy easing and more fiscal spending. Like the Fed and the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) also kept monetary policy unchanged - target rate at -0.1% and target for the 10-year Japanese government bond ...