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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... Japan's leading composite index (of 12 economic indicators) in February justifies recent speculations that the the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would announce further policy easing later this week and the BOJ's call for the government to do more to help the central ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
IMF World Economic Outlook Another 3 months, another downgrade. In its April World Economic Outlook (WEO) update, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yet again revised down its global growth forecasts. The IMF now expects the global economy to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... decline, down by 4.5% to US$4.3 billion in the year to February that followed a 3.9% fall in the previous month. Exports to Japan - the country's top export market - fell by 0.3% to US$939.6 million in the year to February. Shipments to the United States ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... decline, down by 4.5% to US$4.3 billion in the year to February that followed a 3.9% fall in the previous month. Exports to Japan - the country's top export market - fell by 0.3% to US$939.6 million in the year to February. Shipments to the United States ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... even before 2015 turned into 2016. And this is creating big time headaches for the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Despite the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) latest policy initiative - termed "Quantitative and Qualitative (QQE) Monetary Easing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
AiG Performance of Construction index Construction activity in Australia continues to slow. The AiG Performance of Construction Index fell to a 13th month low of 45.2 points in March from 46.1 in February. The latest result also marked the fourth straight ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Australia trade balance Australia's trade deficit widened to A$3.4 billion in February, an 8% increase from the previous month's A$3.2 billion shortfall and disappointing consensus expectations for an improvement to a A$2.5 billion trade gap. Exports ...

Financial services leading Australian M&A

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Law firm Pitcher Partners believes financial services and professional services will continue to lead mid-market merger and acquisition deals for the remainder of 2016. In the second issue of its Dealmakers report, Pitcher Partners said M&A deals in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Australia migration The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the percentage of Australian born overseas reached their highest level in "over a century" (120 years). As at 30 June 2015, 28.2% -- or 6.7 million -- of the country's resident ...

Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Nikko Asset Management Australia's fixed income team has been awarded its first Japanese institutional mandate, effective this month. The fund manager said the new partnership, which sees Nikko AM manage a tailored Australian fixed income solution for ...