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Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... growing alternative investment needs of Japanese institutional investors. "BFC is a truly client centric firm and one of Japan's successful providers of alternative investment solutions focusing on hedge fund and private equity strategies. They are an ...

Offshore investment vehicles await passport arrival

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... draft legislation read Australia would be able to export its management products to participating countries, which include Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand with "limited additional regulatory requirements." As a subset of the framework, a company ...

International broker enters Aussie market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... various international markets." Monex Group's entry into the Australian market is part of the company's global expansion. In Japan, Monex was one of the first online broking companies to establish. "We believe that we can differentiate ourselves from ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... deficits in the US." True that and perfectly rational, particularly given the previous day's commotion over the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) announcement that it's trimming its purchases of 10 to 25-year and 25 to 40-year JGBs by ¥10 billion each. And then ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) announcement that it's trimming ¥10 billion off its purchases of 10 to 25-year and 25 to 40-year JGBs sent the Japanese yen 0.5% higher against the US dollar to ¥112.43 after it sparked renewed taper speculations. While Bloomberg ...

Same old same old from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
While the Fed lifted interest rates at its final meet for 2017, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) followed the others - ECB, BOE, SNB - in keeping the status quo this side of the New Year. And like the rest of 'em, it's optimistic over the Japanese economy's ...

Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... pre-tax net tangible assets growth, was nonetheless slightly lower than the return delivered by the MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Net Index, which was 23.02% over the same period. The company has reported a net profit after tax of $39.2 million, and ...

Nikko AM enters Australian LBO market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
Nikko Asset Management is launching a new private equity-backed, leveraged buyout fund to the Australian market. Established on behalf of a cornerstone Japanese institutional investor, the Nikko AM Australian LBO Loan Fund will invest in syndicated ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... in consumer prices. At this point in the US economic cycle, it's hard to imagine this happening. The same way it was for Japan in the early 1990's but... it still happened.

All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... current indications are on the ball, the fourth quarter will be better. Year-on-year GDP growth rates in the US, the Eurozone, Japan, the UK and India all accelerated in the September quarter from the previous one. China's GDP remained unchanged at 6.9% ...