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Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... repeatedly and total at least 2 percent of an economy's GDP over a 12-month period. Based on the US Treasury's findings, China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Switzerland and India are thus put in the "Monitoring List". "Japan, Germany, and Korea have ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... the father of modern political science) or "Michael Corleone" (of the Godfather film trilogy), but whoever first said it...Japan appears to be the one applying this dictum in the midst of the current trade war threat. While the US and China are in the ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... China's counter-threat for as the JP Morgan Global Manufacturing survey reports, "Growth slowed in the euro area, China, Japan, India and Australia, but improved in the US, the UK, Brazil and Russia". Yes, America still remains on top. Growth continues ...

Active managers must explain value better: Formica

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... 20 manager; in the UK we're top 10; in Europe we're just outside the top 20; in Australia we're inside the top 15; and in Japan we've got a relationship with the number one firm to support our growth in the marketplace." It's been about 12 months since ...

Government increases market manipulation penalties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... align our regulatory regime with international best practice, including regimes in the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, Singapore and Canada."

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... rising seas. The researchers then mapped out the physical climate risks for 500 large and mid-cap constituents of an Asia ex-Japan listed equity index. "We believe investors have no place to hide when it comes to the effects of physical climate change ...

Nomura appoints Australian president

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... appointment among the firm's international operations. Yamasaki's appointment comes with about 15 other appointments outside of Japan. Yamasaki will join Nomura's Australian arm on April 1. He was previously Nomura's Netherlands president, a role he ...

Fidante forms partnership with $500m firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... to the attention of institutional investors in the UK and Europe, in addition to other key markets such as Australia and Japan. We believe we have found in Latigo a very positive business culture fit with the Fidante team," she said. "We admire Latigo's ...

Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) faces an uphill battle in its quest to normalise monetary policy if economic and financial market agents continue to "hear what they want to hear and see what they want to see." The yen rose to its highest level since November ...

Macquarie IM acquires equities specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
Macquarie Investment Management is increasing its investment capabilities via the acquisition of a $6 billion specialist asset manager based in Luxembourg. The investment management division of Macquarie Group has entered an agreement to acquire ValueInvest ...