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CBA sells CFSGAM, new wealth business chief executive appointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... that has achieved strong growth under CBA's ownership for over 18 years. MUTB is one of the largest asset managers in Japan, with a long history and deep capabilities. We believe that CFSGAM's clients and employees will benefit from MUTB's ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... supply chains in Southeast Asia. "I hope that this escalation could be rescinded. This is a matter of great concern for Japan." RBA Governor Philip Lowe: "It wouldn't take much for the financial markets combined with businesses waiting to turn this ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
It must be because Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy exit speculations have died down or that Japan's response to Donald Trump's tariff increases has been less confrontational than China, the EU or even Canada but Japan had rarely been on headlines in recent ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... Fed forward guided you, I and Irene at the start of 2018 remains on track. 'twas the same but different for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Just like the Fed, the BOJ kept its monetary policy settings unchanged when the Policy Board met last on April 26. Just ...

Global trading platform opens Sydney office

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... was most recently a senior vice president of Northern Trust Capital Markets, focused on sales and trading in Australia, Japan and Hong Kong and China. Before his three-year tenure at Northern Trust, he was a director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... when the board next meets on 19-20 July. This is because although recent data releases showed strengthening momentum in Japan's economic growth, inflation remains a no-show. Despite a slight dip to 52.9 in June from 53.9 in the previous month, the Nikkei ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... brings to the US Federal Reserve - onwards towards policy normalisation - and the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - succour to their quest for a lower exchange rate that would boost growth and inflation. But it's not all hunky-dory. Trump's ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... appreciation over the past two weeks should help contain inflation -- the same US dollar strength that's also aiding the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank's (ECB) quest towards faster growth and higher inflation. The euro is down 2.6% ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... increase in investor appetite. He said interest was reflected last week, when investors from the UK, North America, Europe, Japan and Asia snapped up 65% of the record breaking $7.6 billion, 30-year bond issued by the federal government. Reinforcing ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... four interest rate rises lifted the US dollar and the Chinese yuan pegged to it. China fired by devaluing its currency, Japan and the Eurozone returned fire with policy easing announcements. The Fed fought back, halving its four rises to two and eventually ...