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Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
With the death toll surpassing 132 and a further 6000 people suspected of being infected, the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus has left markets tumbling as fears of an epidemic are stoked by news of the virus spreading around the world. It's caused ...

New chief at HSBC Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... has worked for the global bank across Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe. He was president and chief executive of HSBC Japan between 2012 and 2016. After that, he was head of wholesale credit and market risk for Asia-Pacific and head of remediation ...

MLC Life chief steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
The chief executive and managing director of MLC Life has left the business and an interim replacement has been appointed. David Hackett has left MLC Life after almost four years in the top job. He has been replaced by chief of group and retail partners ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Washington State. This followed the share market declines in the Asia Pacific time zone -- the MSCI Asia Pacific index (ex-Japan) dropped by 1.0%, the Nikkei-225 fell by 0.8%, the Shanghai composite gave up 1.5% and the Hang Seng index plunged by 2.0% ...

Fixed income giant names Australia head

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... PIMCO's Australia office. It comes as Adrian Stewart is promoted to the role of head of client management for APAC ex-Japan. Mead will retain his responsibilities leading portfolio management but will now be actively involved in key client and industry ...

Shareholder activism on the rise

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... found that activism against non-US targets accounted for 40% of campaigns for 2019, up from 30% in 2015. For the first time, Japan was the second most targeted jurisdiction, second only to the US. Activists fought in 19 campaigns and deployed US$4.5 ...

Chief economist update: A busy 2020 for Abe, BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... currency region slowing to 1.8% in 2020 and 1.7% in 2021 - both raised by 0.1 pps. The World Bank report was a bit kinder on Japan, so it seems. Japanese GDP growth is expected to accelerate to 1.1% in 2019 - an upward revision of 0.3 pps - from 0.8% ...

China's growth to slow: PIMCO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... another element of the trade deal with the US." In other expectations for the Asia-Pacific region, PIMCO said it believes Japan will experience growth in the second half of the year, but will experience a slowdown in the first half. "We expect GDP growth ...

MLC Life Insurance under review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... deteriorating profitability in relation to income protection products, according to MLC Life Insurance owner Nippon Life. The Japan-based majority shareholder of MLC Life purchased the business off National Australia Bank in 2015, though the two parties ...

Chief economist update: Stock rally heralds 2020 cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... of England (BOE) maintained its accommodative stance and the government pledged increased fiscal stimulus and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may have done nothing all year but it promised to act (if it becomes necessary). Even our very own Reserve Bank of Australia ...