Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 371 - 380 of 1438 results for "Japan 2013"

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
The release of the minutes of the Fed's and the ECB's June meetings have brought back financial market trepidation - sparked by last week's hawkish comments from central bank heads of the US, the Eurozone and the UK - that the end of cheap money is ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
As if to further underscore the current growth/inflation conundrum, today's reports show continuing strengthening momentum in the world's major economies - one that quickly followed updates on consumer prices indicating not only that inflation remains ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Hawkish central bank speaks may have damped equity market sentiment in towards the dying days of June, but Australian equities less so - the All Ordinaries index outperformed (up 0.05% over the month) both developed market equities (down 3.17%) and ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... diversified and 2.4% to cash. The majority (53.2%) of investments are in the US, followed by Europe (13%), Canada (9.1%), Japan (6.3%), Australia (4.4%), Asia-Pacific (4.4%), Latin America (3.6%), the UK (2.2%) and China (1.4%).

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
Markit Economics' preliminary estimates show that while the purchasing managers' indices (PMI) for the US, the Eurozone and Japan all came in below market expectations, all remained in expansion. The IHS/Markit flash US composite output index slipped ...

US investment giant hires Australian insto head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The asset management business of one of the largest life insurance providers in the world is furthering its Australian distribution footprint with the appointment of a head of institutional relationships. Cameron Sinclair joins PGIM, the Prudential ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... the RBA, "supported by increased spending on infrastructure and property construction..." However, the latest news out of Japan - Australia's second biggest export market where about 15% of the country's products and services are shipped - provide cause ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
You've all heard, read and googled the news - the Australian dollar is taking a battering and is headed down, down. I first came across this when I read Michael Wilson's piece on Bloomberg, "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens" (16 May). Back then ...

Super reform impacts AMP results

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
AMP attributed increased net cash outflows in its first quarter results to Australians readying themselves for incoming superannuation reforms. The institution recorded an 11% increase in wealth management inflows year on year to $6.4 billion, but was ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
No news, it appears, is good news for Japan. The country's stock market and the yen have been heading in the right direction ever since the nuclear threat tit-for-tat between the US and North Korea was taken off the headlines. The Nikkei-225 index has ...