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Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... in China and east Asia of late, but stronger US growth". Though some expanded an expansion of QE this month, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) also didn't budge which, like the RBA, saw that "Overseas economies - mainly advanced economies -- have continued to ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Nikko Asset Management has downgraded its house view on global equities from overweight to neutral to reflect stock prices reaching what it believes to be fair value, particularly in the US. The global fund manager has been positive on stocks since ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
The world's largest pension fund has become a signatory to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after a recent UN assembly meeting. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan's Government Pension Investment ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Like most of Australia's major industries, the future prosperity for the financial services sector clearly lies in Asia. Australians constantly talk of the economic opportunity presented by the three billion people that will be in the Asian middle class ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... creates a problem for other central bankers such as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) but more pointedly for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB). RBA Gov Glenn presented his rationale before the Australian Parliament's economics ...

Japan joins Asia Region Funds Passport

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... South Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand and Australia will also participate on the project. The inclusion of Japan "is a game changer for the passport and the Asian region," Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane said. ...

JPMAM launches insto investment insights app

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched an investment insights app targeted at institutional investors and their consultants. The tool is designed to give these investors access to JPMAM's research across asset classes, markets and "investment themes," ...

IFM Investors exec heads to Nikko AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
IFM Investors executive director of business development in Asia Pacific has resigned from his role to take up a new position with Nikko Asset Management. Eddy Schipper was "instrumental in establishing IFM's presence in Asia through the launch of the ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Olympics in 2008 and China skies are cleared again this week for the 70th anniversary commemoration of its victory against Japan - which it cannot threaten with a head roll, what more its banks, businesses and consumers?

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... recent white paper by BNY Mellon analyses a scenario where four of the world's biggest economies - the US, China, India and Japan - "stop floundering and start flourishing at roughly the same time." 'The G4: Undiminished expectations' study argues that ...