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Franklin Templeton shuffles distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... innovation." Franklin Templeton has signalled that Australia is one of its three strategic focus geographies - alongside the UK and Japan. "Australia has always been an essential market for Franklin Templeton - not just due to its size, but as a market ...

Challenger shareholders revolt against remuneration

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
Challenger's company-wide salary freeze wasn't enough to appease shareholders, who delivered a first strike against its executive pay yesterday. Of the total votes cast, 28.25% were against adopting the remuneration report, meaning it was approved ...

Frontier Advisors eyes international clients

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... revenue, according to Polson. It is also looking for new international markets to tap into. Currently top of the list is Japan, with trillions in pension assets, funds that are increasingly looking to invest outside government bonds and have low historic ...

Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... services sector, led by weakening demand in the hard-hit hospitality industry." The letter L. Sure, business activity in Japan has bounced back from the record low reading of 25.8 back in April this year, but at 46.7, the au Jibun Bank flash Japan composite ...

AllianceBernstein hires two ESG leaders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... product specialist role. Tapscott joins from Sustainalytics where she was director, client relations and head of Asia ex Japan. Prior to joining Sustainalytics, Tapscott was at Colonial First State where she was executive manager, responsible investing ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... coronavirus pandemic. Many governments had eased/lifted lockdown and social restrictions, re-starting business activity. Japan, itself, has lifted the "state of emergency" on May 25 - a month and a bit after it was put in place on April 16. This, along ...

Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... but weak rules in place. Meanwhile, Chile, Columbia, the UAE, Pakistan and Poland had both weak practices and weak rules. Japan, Hong Kong, China and India were among the countries with strong rules but weak governance practices. According to the research ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... returns. Chinese 10-year bonds currently yields around 3.23%. This compares with 0.78% for the US; -0.54% in Germany; 0.03% in Japan; 0.28% in the UK; and 0.85% in Australia. On top of these all, PBOC governor Yi Gang is taking a prudent approach towards ...

BNP Paribas AM names Asian equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... over the role of head of Asian equities on October 8, joining from Lombard Odier Group where he was the head of Asia ex-Japan equities for nearly eight years. He reports to Guy Davies, the global chief investment officer for fundamental active equities. ...

Active portfolios post stellar returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... category. Actively managed in-house, the option invests in companies like Cleanaway, Samsung, SolarEdge Technologies, East Japan Railway, Citrix, Tesla, and Enphase Energy, based on a positive screening process. Over a seven-year period, it delivered ...