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Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... dropped. So did bond yields and commodity prices. The US dollar rose against major currencies, except for the safe haven Japanese yen and the safe haven commodity, gold. While there was good news on Australia's labour market, business and consumer ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... spending dropped by 5.1% in the year to June versus 11.6% in te preceding month and expectations for a small 0.1% increase. Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga's administration and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) need to something and soon. More ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... broadcast on the Australian economy and share market for the BBC World Service and contributed a regular column to a Japanese financial newspaper. From 1987 to 2006, he contributed a fortnightly column on the economy and investments to the Business Review ...

WAM Global performance rises

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... holdings include Tencent, API Group, Avantor, Carrier, EA, Ferguson, Nomad Foods and Visa. WAM Global attributed Avantor and Japanese discount supermarket store franchise Gyomu Super as significant contributors to performance. The full year results will ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... being. Thereafter, it is expected to turn positive and then increase gradually..." To be sure, latest data show that Japanese annual headline inflation remains in deflation (-0.4% in April from -0.2% in March) - the seventh straight month of falling ...

AUSIEX launches, announces leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... trading platform for financial advisers, now known as AUSIEX, has unveiled its executive lineup after being acquired by a Japanese firm. CommSec Adviser Services (CAS) has rebranded to AUSIEX (Australian Investment Exchange) and is led by chief executive ...

Lessons from GPIF: Mizuno

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... regulatory environment is not favourably inclined to do it. Mizuno said during his time as chief investment officer at Japanese Government Investment Fund (GPIF) he declined an invitation by the UN Secretary General to join the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance. ...

Jarden gets market participant licence

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... investment bank has been on a hiring spree in Australia since October 2020. It recently formed a strategic alliance with Japanese Nomura in Australia and New Zealand.

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... often enough, someday, one day, it will come true. The earliest reference to the "virtuous cycle" I found was in the Japanese central bank's "Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on December 20 and 21, 2017" document. "Japan's economy ...

Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... remains in contraction unchanged at 48.3 in April from March. The third state of emergency recently announced by the Japanese government would keep activity in the service sector subdued in the coming months. This will be offset by continued strength ...