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Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... coverage. Preliminary data show that US crude stocks built by 53.7 mb in April (1.8 mb/d), and crude inventories in Europe and Japan also rose by 3.1 mb and 3 mb, respectively. In April, floating storage of crude oil increased by 9.9 mb to 123.8 mb." ...

ESG investing to remain strong through pandemic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... sustainability, and sustainable funds' continued strong inflows, pointing to Morningstar's finding that ESG assets in Asia Ex-Japan grew by 21% in the first quarter despite the recent decline of equity markets. "Sustainable investment practices ...

Australia facing largest ever GDP fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... more of them will take a dramatic change of policy course and take rates to below zero - like their peers in Europe and Japan." Green said there is legitimate debate about the efficacy of negative interest rates on boosting economies. "They could turn ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... show China accounted for 30.6% of Australia's total exports in fiscal year 2017/18, more than double that shipped to Japan - the second biggest market - at 12.7%. But Australia also bought a lot more from China - the country's top imports source ...

Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... contributed to returns, whereas financials and utilities detracted the most significantly," Acadian said. "At the regional level, Japan was the strongest contributor to returns whereas North America brought the most significant negative payoffs. "Within ...

Chief economist update: Labor Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... Germany predicting GDP growth to plummet by 6.3% this year. For sure and for certain, the GDP numbers that will come out from Japan and the UK will be equally concerning, if not worse. This will make the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) world ...

CBA sells CommSec Adviser Services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
The Commonwealth Bank has entered into an agreement to sell AUSIEX, which trades as CommSec Adviser Services, to a Japanese firm. Nomura Research Institute, a Japanese technology solutions and business consulting firm, has entered into an $85 million ...

Chief economist update: Approaching peak isolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... thought imaginable by most economists, the headline index falling far below consensus estimates." The au Jibun Bank flash Japan composite PMI dropped to 27.8 in April from 36.2 in the previous month. This is the sharpest fall in the survey's record ...

Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... While Belgium, Finland and Norway received above average grades. Along with Australia, Morningstar pointed to Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand and the US as "below average" fund markets needing to improve. The research house did not assign a "bottom" ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... European equities. We see greater upside elsewhere in an eventual recovery. Europe is more dependent on foreign trade." Japan equities are underweight (limited fiscal and monetary policy room for its central bank) while EM equities are neutral (cheaper ...