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First Sentier completes global rebrand

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
After changing its branding in Australia just over a year ago, First Sentier Investors has finalised the roll out of its new name in all markets. Formerly known as First State Investments in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific, First Sentier said ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Guy Debelle address at the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) September 22 virtual conference sparked a second wave - a second wave of negative interest rate speculation, that is. It was last on the ...

Global pension fund doubles down on APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The fund's existing office in Hong Kong will now focus on Greater China, South Korea and Japan. The $212 billion fund said its presence in the region is critical to its future growth, with $15.5 billion already invested ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
So far fresh Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga is off to a good start. The Prime Minister takes over from Shinzo Abe at a time when the global economy appears to have seen the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Many governments have eased/lifted ...

Aware Super, Lendlease execute $200m recapitalisation

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... Super and Lendlease have closed nearly $200 million in recapitalisation loans on assets in Boston and Chicago, working with Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Singapore's OCBC Bank to close the deals. Lendlease and Aware Super - formerly ...

Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
"I guess it also rings a bell for some countries, which are still struggling to fight COVID-19, that without strict measures, the virus won't be fended off. We fought hard, this is our payback." Zhang Yong, a small taxi company owner in Wuhan, is ...

Banks lose US$635 billion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... Construction Bank (-18.95) and the Agricultural Bank of China (-23.31%). Japanese banks also made a heavy presence with the Japan Post Bank (-19.18%), Mizuho Financial Group (-11.33%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (-20.59%). Together, the total ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
Japan has a new prime minister. Yoshihide Suga is his name. Suga will officially be Prime Minister following a parliamentary vote on September 16 after being elected President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) two days earlier. Prime Minister ...

Brace for 5% returns from global stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... even in the low-interest rate environment. It expects five-year returns from developed markets to range from 3.8% p.a. for Japan to 5.8% p.a. for Australia, all of which are below historical averages it said. "A mix of elevated valuations, slow global ...

Hedge funds in the green

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... outperformed since the beginning of the year, returning 17.87%. However, China-focused funds returned only 1.64% in August. Asia ex-Japan strategies, in comparison, returned 3.85% and 3.86%, respectively. "With continued strong results, China-focused ...