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Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
Everything that could go right is going right for Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won by landslide at the 22 October 2017 general elections, ensuring that sitting Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda will be re-appointed when his term expires ...

Xero founder sells $94.5m in shares to fund philanthropy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... investor in 2004, broke rank with the majority of Silicon Valley by supporting Donald Trump during the 2016 US Presidential election. Thiel was later appointed to then President-elect Trump's transition team.

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
Three of the world's biggest central banks will meet this week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) had already started their monetary policy deliberations yesterday and is set to conclude later today. This is expected to be a non-event with policy unchanged and ...

Shareholders need greater voice on ESG: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... existing framework, shareholders who wish to raise an issue must propose a constitutional amendment or vote against the re-election of directors. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said: "Australian laws make it difficult for shareholders to hold public ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... Japanese elections where sitting PM Shinzo Abe won by landslide (Abenomics lives on); and closer to home, New Zealand's election stalemate ended with the opposition Labor Party forming a coalition government with New Zealand First (expected to lead to ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
"Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, And I say it's all right..." - The Beatles The rally that propelled the Nikkei-225 index to its highest level last week lingers. On 11 October, Japan's benchmark equity market index rose by a mere 0.28% but its ...

We cannot underestimate humans: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... "We've lost the ability to engage in debate with intention to persuade," he said. "The only way people can vent is at the election booth when no-one is watching. If you and I can't have a conversation then the differences between us remain. "If you think ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... loathe him, Donald Trump remains the stuff of headlines going into and since he won the 8 November 2016 US presidential election. Reports abound about Trump versus Kim, Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and more recently ...

ASX on track for blockchain announcement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... Priestley was appointed a non-executive director in May and will join directors Damian Roche and Peter Warne standing for re-election. In the 12 months to June, the ASX reported operating revenue of $764 million, up $18 million or 2.4%, while profit ...

Local Government Super chair departs, successor named

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... serving local government councilors. In August O'Regan was removed from the Liberal Party line-up ahead of the September 9 election. Previous chair of LGS, Bruce Miller, who served from 2013 to 2015, has been announced as O'Regan's replacement. Commenting ...