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WAM finds returns in growth companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... officer Chris Stott said the equity market outlook for the next 12 months remains mixed. He said ongoing planned global stimulus, particularly in Japan and the UK, will be supportive of equity markets in the near term. On the home front Stott said initial ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... employment growth - where almost 1 in 2 employers are looking to add technology staff. Japan govt says no plan to fund stimulus with more debt Japanese government officials have denied they will fund their proposed stimulus package through the issuing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... some time to come. As a result, the latest figures raise the likelihood that the Bank of England will inject additional stimulus this summer in an attempt to dampen the short-term impact of Brexit uncertainty on the real economy".

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... estimate of 1.6%. In light of this, reports show that the government plans to hand out a Won20 trillion (US$17 billion) stimulus package "in consideration that worries are growing over the possible contraction of growth and employment in the second half ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... stabilisation. "The much-feared residential property market has been on a path to recovery for several months, responding well to stimulus measures taken late in 2014 and early 2015," he adds. "We believe investor expectations of further devaluation ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Japan's fund management industry is launching exchange traded funds to cater specifically for the central bank's massive monetary easing programme. Three new "physical and human capital" ETFs are designed solely for the Bank of Japan, which needs fresh ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... the same period. In spite of this, financial markets aren't expecting the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to announce more stimulus so soon after cutting its benchmark repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25% last month - the first cut since September last year -- and ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... king' Bill Gross - for central banks to consider US economist Milton Friedman's helicopter money theory, whereby monetary stimulus is provided straight to the pockets of consumers via tax rebates or other means. Detractors say the strategy is unthinkable. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... residential fixed investment". Bank of Japan policy decision The BOJ disappointed financial market expectations for more stimulus measures when it decided to keep monetary policy on hold following its 27-28 April Board meeting. More so when stats released ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
The Bank of Japan's stimulus measures have seen it quietly become one of the largest shareholders in the nation's largest companies, analysis from Bloomberg shows. The Japanese central bank is currently buying up equity ETFs at a rate of ¥3.3 trillion ...