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Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... coronavirus should be shallow and short-lived. This becomes not only possible but highly probable - to borrow from ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - with the aid of a "third arrow". Its name is China. The Australian economy would have been in a ...

Japanese bank makes major voting blunder

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
One of Japan's largest providers of shareholder services has admitted to a major operational blunder, after it failed to count 3.4 million postal votes for nearly 1000 companies ahead of their annual general meetings. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SuMi ...

First Sentier completes global rebrand

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... Global Asset Management was renamed First Sentier Investors in September last year after Commonwealth Bank sold it to Japanese banking giant MUFG Group for $4 billion. First Sentier Investors chief executive officer Mark Steinberg said: "Today is an ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
So far fresh Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga is off to a good start. The Prime Minister takes over from Shinzo Abe at a time when the global economy appears to have seen the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Many governments have eased/lifted ...

Aware Super, Lendlease execute $200m recapitalisation

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... Americas division executive officer and deputy head, Carl Adams said Lendlease was an important business partner to the Japanese bank. "It was our great pleasure to work with them on The Cooper transaction, providing access to capital at a time of unprecedented ...

Banks lose US$635 billion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (-27.65), China Construction Bank (-18.95) and the Agricultural Bank of China (-23.31%). Japanese banks also made a heavy presence with the Japan Post Bank (-19.18%), Mizuho Financial Group (-11.33%) and Sumitomo ...

Australia most active region in Q2: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... investors within the region in the second quarter, with particularly high interest in global all cap core strategies from Japanese, Australian, Indian, Singaporean and South Korean investors. Global all cap growth strategies also experienced similar ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... because it was overshadowed by the almost simultaneous reports of the Fed's change in monetary policy strategy and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation (due to ill health). One thing's certain, the general uncertainty wrought ...

Challenger boutique managing Nikko strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... investments. The relationship was first noted in Challenger's annual report for FY20 released last week. It is for Nikko's Japanese insto clients, with plans to offer the product to Nikko's broader client base in Japan. Nikko declined to comment on the ...

First Sentier bolsters board of directors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... Richard Wastcoat on the investment manager's board. Following the sale of the business from the Commonwealth Bank to Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, First Sentier Investors (formerly Colonial First State Global Asset Management) ...