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T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
T. Rowe Price has named Naoyuki Honda as its new country head for Japan. A thirty-year veteran of the financial services and asset management industries, Honda will join the firm in early May after a filing with Japanese regulators. He will lead T. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... decreased by 10.1% to HK$237.6 billion over the same period due to reduced purchases from Switzerland (-21.3%), China (-18.2%), Japan (-15.7%), Thailand (-9.1%). Imports from Taiwan increased by 2.6% and by 1.8% from the US. Canada producer prices Deflation ...

Munich Re Australasia MD and global CEO step down

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Both the Australasia managing director and the chief executive of Munich Re have announced they will step down from their roles. Heinrich Eder, Australasia MD since November 2005, was previously general manager non-life at Munich Re Australasia. Prior ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... January as shipments to the ASEAN countries (-9.5%), China (-8.6%) and Singapore (-8.6%) declined. However, exports to Japan (+7.7%), the US (+0.7%) and Europe (+3.8%) increased. Philippine imports jumped by 30.8% with foreign purchases for most categories ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Australia residential property price index Residential property prices in Australia's eight capital cities (weighted average) increased by 0.2% in the December quarter. Though still higher than market expectations for 0% growth, the fourth quarter growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... economy and the problems trade-dependent countries face. Export orders from the major countries all fell from a year ago: Japan (down 26.1%); China (down 12.1%); US (down 4.5%); Europe (down 1.1%). Taiwan has just come out of recession with GDP growing ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... Such was the case last week when a number of central banks and their boards met to discuss money policy. While the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of England (BOE) kept monetary policy unchanged - and despite at differing stages in their economic cycles ...

Research shows ethical investing at tipping point

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
Six million working Australian's are "highly ethically active" according to research conducted by Australian Ethical, which the asset manager said would lead to mainstream products adopting tighter ESG screens. Australian Ethical predicted that the ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
Despite deteriorating market confidence and doubts over central banks' firepower and ability to influence market moods and outcomes, the events of the past week showed that CBs are anything but powerless. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RNBZ) unexpected ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
This was totally uncalled for particularly for those "experts" still calling for the Australian Reserve Bank (RBA) to cut interest rates again - with some expecting another 25bps shaved off the official cash rate (currently at 2.0%) as early as May. ...