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AMP Capital boosts Asia presence after record raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... firm that is going global it makes you quite proud." Keary explained the strongest interest was from clients in Korea and Japan. "Asia was the largest contributor to the fund raise. One of the exciting pieces is that we raised $1.2 billion from Korean ...

Hong Kong hedge funds suffering: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... under a third of the hedge fund managers based in Hong Kong focus on the Greater China region. Global and Asia, including Japan, mandates follow behind with 23.1% and 22.8% population shares respectively." Hong Kong's hedge funds have long been a major ...

Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... (ECB) has taken its deposit facility rate further into the negative and is re-starting QE in November; and, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) vowing to use all tools at its disposal to ease monetary policy. The BOE is the only major central bank that's engaged ...

Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... World Bank (WB), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) - Japan does the opposite. Japan effectively tightened fiscal policy on October 1 when the Abe government's twice-postponed consumption ...

Legg Mason expands Asia Pacific role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
Andy Sowerby will now serve as head of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) while he continues to lead Legg Mason Australia and New Zealand, with his appointment taking effect on the first of this month. Sowerby has held the role of country head for Australia and ...

First Sentier launches funds, picks new RE

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
First Sentier Investors has launched its inaugural batch of funds and has chosen a new responsible entity, after completing the sale from CBA. The firm will use Perpetual's The Trust Company as its new responsible entity for the first time with ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... expect a better standard of living once they stop work than those in the UK and US. The report shone a special light on Japan's demographic time bomb, saying its mediocre ranking at 23rd is a result of a mixture of very good and very bad outcomes. Japan ...

Chief economist update: China's great leap forward 70 years in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... advanced from being one of the sick men of Asia to become the second largest economy in the world (since 2010 when it overtook Japan); the 'A' shares in its stock market is now included in the MSCI indexes; and the Chinese yuan officially became ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... Carroll's 'Through the Looking-Glass' The "Red Queen" in the novel should have been giving this advice to Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda san, instead of Alice. But nah. The BOJ kept monetary policy settings as they were - the ...

CFS awards Asian equities mandate

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... $AUD10.5 billion in assets under management in six strategies in Asia-Pacific Equities, Pacific (Developed) Equities, Asia ex-Japan Equities, Chinese Equities, Chinese A-share Equities and Indian Equities. General manager of investments Scott Tully referenced ...