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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
Investors in global equities should expect 4.9% in annualised returns over the next five years, which is lower than historic averages, according to Northern Trust's annual asset class return predictions. Northern Trust every year publishes its expectations ...

Hedge funds in the green

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The global hedge fund industry surged 2.5% in August, lifting the average strategy to sit comfortably in the green year to date. That's according to institutional research house eVestment, which found that thanks to August's results the average hedge ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
"You're Marines now. You adapt. You overcome. You improvise." - Heartbreak Ridge The coronavirus pandemic has been likened to a war. US president Trump called it "the invisible enemy", French head of state Macron declared that France was "at war" ...

Investors seek to increase EM exposure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Asia-based institutional investors and those from around the world expect to increase their emerging market (EM) exposures, both in equity and fixed income, according to Vontobel Asset Management. The Vontobel investor survey found while a minority ...

Fintechs drive venture capital: KPMG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Venture capital investment in Australian fintechs has grown despite concerns about the pandemic which has seen private equity and mergers and acquisitions activity fall, a new study from KPMG shows. KPMG's latest Pulse of Fintech report reveals ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Don't look now but it appears that it's not just COVID-19 seeing a second wave. Saudi Arabia is also taking a second bite on oil price discounting. Bloomberg reports that, Saudi Arabia's state producer, Saudi Aramco, has cut its key Arab ...

Australia most active region in Q2: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
New research has revealed that Australians were the most active institutional investment community within the Asia Pacific region in the second quarter of the year, with interest directed to long-only Australian equity strategies. The research, by institutional ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
It was good - so good - while it lasted. But as the saying goes, "nothing lasts forever". It had been more than a generation since Australia experienced "the recession we had to have" back in 1990/91. The Australian economy withstood the US savings ...

BNY Mellon expands to Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
A US$2 trillion fund manager is expanding to Taiwan and appointed a lead to drive its strategy in the Asia Pacific. BNY Mellon Investment Management announced Rebecca Chu will spearhead the firm's growth as head of Taiwan, focusing on local clients ...