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Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana... and repeat the past, Japan did. Preliminary estimates show that the economy contracted by 1.6% in the last quarter of 2019 following a 0.1% growth (if you could call ...

T. Rowe Price shutters local fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... and a well-regarded portfolio manager were not enough to save the local version of T. Rowe Price's Asian equities ex Japan fund, which is shutting after outflows. The T. Rowe Price Asia ex-Japan fund is managed by Hong Kong-based Anh Lu and invests ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... said ESG was on the rise in 2018, that number dropped slightly to 57% in 2019 but has since shot up to 91%. In Europe and Japan 100% of analysts say ESG is on the rise among companies they cover. While in Europe those numbers have steadily increased ...

SSGA slashes ETF fee

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... ETF distribution for Asia Pacific, which sees her assume responsibility for key financial markets including Hong Kong and Japan, where institutional interest in ETFs is high relative to Australia.

SSGA promotes local SPDR boss

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... as head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution, in a move that will see Victor assume responsibility of the Hong Kong and Japan financial markets where ETF growth is booming, according to SSGA. Victor joined SSGA in 2017 as head of SPDR ETFs in Australia ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... of the largest pension markets in the world as part of the P7 (the seven largest markets for pension assets) with Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and the US. The P7 accounts for 92% of the US$46.7 trillion in assets in the 22 largest ...

IFM Investors hires from Mercer

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... for clients, products and new initiatives for the firm. IFM has a director positioned as the head of each region (US, UK, Japan, Australia), all reporting to Babb in Melbourne. Prior to the role at IFM, Oliver worked as a governance consultant principal ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
The sooner the coronavirus is licked, the better for everybody - more so for Japan. The Diamond Princess Cruise Ship underscores the positive impact of tourism on Japan's economy. The nearly 4000 tourists quarantined aboard the ship due to the coronavirus ...

Perpetual appoints APAC lead

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... more than 40 sales and client management professionals across 10 countries, including Singapore, Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Australia. He also covered sales responsibilities for the Korean, Taiwan, Vietnam and Philippines ...

Melbourne boutique adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... supra-nationals in the core G7 defined countries − Canada, US (North America), France, Germany, Italy (Europe ex-UK Core), UK and Japan, as well as satellite countries.