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Asset managers held to higher standard: FSC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... stewardship and governance." Loane added that the standard both follows in the footsteps of other jurisdictions including; US, Japan, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and Brazil, and beats it. Speaking to the practical implications for Australian asset managers ...

PIMCO de-risks ahead of expected recession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... that will "bend but not break" in the event of a downturn. Discussing equities, he said he generally prefers Europe and Japan over the US in the developed market space. Talking specifically about Australia, Fels noted that it's in a different situation ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... when the board next meets on 19-20 July. This is because although recent data releases showed strengthening momentum in Japan's economic growth, inflation remains a no-show. Despite a slight dip to 52.9 in June from 53.9 in the previous month, the Nikkei ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... back into expansion. This better than market expectations for a dip to 49.5 and the best reading since March this year. In Japan, the BOJ's quarterly Tankan survey - a measure of business confidence - showed the index for large manufacturers rose to ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... speed to 1.1% last month from 0.9% in May, it's still a long way from the ECB's 2.0% inflation target. Core inflation in Japan accelerated from 0.3% (year-on-year) in April but at 0.4% in May, it might as well be non-existent. Headline inflation was ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... diversified and 2.4% to cash. The majority (53.2%) of investments are in the US, followed by Europe (13%), Canada (9.1%), Japan (6.3%), Australia (4.4%), Asia-Pacific (4.4%), Latin America (3.6%), the UK (2.2%) and China (1.4%).

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... Markit Economics' preliminary estimates show that while the purchasing managers' indices (PMI) for the US, the Eurozone and Japan all came in below market expectations, all remained in expansion. The IHS/Markit flash US composite output index slipped ...

US investment giant hires Australian insto head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... distribution communication at ING Investment Management. At PGIM, Sinclair will report to the head of the Asia Pacific ex-Japan institutional relationship group, Philip Hsin. His role will comprise building relationships with Australian super funds and ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
What UK Prime Minister Theresa May expected as a landslide win at the snap 8 June general elections turned out to be a slide at the polls for the Conservatives instead. The British prime minister intended to secure her Brexit mandate when she announced ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... the RBA, "supported by increased spending on infrastructure and property construction..." However, the latest news out of Japan - Australia's second biggest export market where about 15% of the country's products and services are shipped - provide cause ...