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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 ...

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 ...