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Australia lags on dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... the dividend flat during the period. Australia's lagging dividend payouts come as the region it sits in, Asia Pacific ex Japan records the strongest dividend growth in 10 years. The region was up 14.7% on a headline basis for total dividend payout, mainly ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... Equities Fund, three ETF Securities products (physical palladium, platinum and precious metal), and three UBS IQ products (Japan ethical, USA ethical and research preference Australian share). The funds under management across the nine funds range from ...

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... the UK pension system, comprising 81% of the market, according to Willis Towers Watson. Such schemes are also popular in Japan (96%), Canada (95%) and the Netherlands (94%). The Grattan Institute believes Australians can expect to live 82.5 years on ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... tit-for-tat between these two economic behemoths. Trump hasn't completely set his crosshairs on Tokyo, but not only is Japan caught in the crossfire of the recent Sino-Yankee trade tensions, it's become collateral damage via the appreciation ...

Morgan Stanley raises capital for 86 400

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... competition." Bell spent 15 years at ANZ working across Australia and worked overseas as country chief executive for Fiji and Japan. Prior to taking on the role as inaugural chief executive at 86 400, he was chief executive of payment solutions provider ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... to trigger a global recession." And that's only with the Sino-Yankee trade war. Recall Trump has put the Eurozone and Japan on notice. War - in any form - is really good for "absolutely nothing". Timecheck: It's now 9pm on Thursday in Washington ...

Super fund divests companies with all-male boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... Hunter said. Future Super divested from seven companies who had all-male boards, and all of those companies were based in Japan. According to Rainmaker data, Future Super has about $336.9 million in funds under management with just over $81 million of ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... capitalist central bank targets 2.0% inflation). Latest inflation data shows inflation in the US at 1.9%; the Eurozone at 1.4%; Japan at 0.5%; the UK at 1.9%; and lately, Australia at 1.3%. The clue, of course, lies in the behaviour of wages. Wages growth ...

APRA grants ADI licence to Judo Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... institution awaiting a full ADI licence is 86 400. Robert Bell, chief executive of 86 400 and former chief executive of ANZ Japan, welcome Judo Bank's news. He said: "Congratulations to the team at Judo for passing such a significant milestone. More ...

Aussie instos among most responsible investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... recognised as finalists - however the two managed to improve, breaking into the top 25 alongside the likes of CalSTERS, and Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund. However, New America said the funds could not rest on their laurels, pointing out ...