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Challenger reveals key annuity relationships

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... Sumitomo Primary Life Insurance Company (MS Private) - a provider of Australian dollar annuity and life insurance products in Japan. Scheduled to launch in the quarter ending 30 September 2017, Challenger's term annuities, Liquid Lifetime and CarePlus ...

BTIM appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... Aperam and the Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust. Previously, she was chief investment officer, Asia-Pacific ex Japan at Fidelity, and was also head of portfolio strategies group and global equities team at the same company. "We are delighted ...

ClearView welcomes new strategic shareholder

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
A Japanese life insurance company has acquired a strategic stake in ClearView Wealth and has announced a collaboration partnership between the two companies. Sony Life Insurance (Sony Life) has agreed with Crescent Capital Partners to acquire a 14.9% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... increasing at their fastest pace in 15 months on the back of higher "oil-related" commodity prices, and rising wage costs. Japan Nikkei manufacturing PMI As with the United States and the Eurozone, Japan's flash manufacturing PMI reading also improved ...

Macquarie Infrastructure buys rail business

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... provides for exclusive rights to rail shipments from some of the premier steam coal mines in the world, serving end users in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Furthermore, we believe that our partnership with a world class Australian infrastructure ...

Instos should reconsider hedging strategies: PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Institutional investors with globally diversified portfolios should consider making their currency hedging decisions at the portfolio level on a currency-by-currency basis if they wish to truly mitigate risk, according to new research from PIMCO. The ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... increase in investor appetite. He said interest was reflected last week, when investors from the UK, North America, Europe, Japan and Asia snapped up 65% of the record breaking $7.6 billion, 30-year bond issued by the federal government. Reinforcing ...

Asia-Pacific leads global HNW population and wealth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... allowing investors to overcome slow Chinese GDP growth, a stagnant Japanese economy and volatile EU and US economies. China and Japan drove more than 90% of Asia-Pacific's and 60% of the global HNWI wealth growth in 2015, adding more than double the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... decreased by 1.9% over the same period versus a 1.5% increase in the year to August and expectations for a 1.0% expansion. Japan machinery orders Cabinet Office data shows that core machinery orders - ex ships and electric power utilities - decreased ...

AMP Capital hires new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... valuable addition to the AMP Capital Holdings board as the business continues to expand internationally." "His experience in Japan and China is particularly relevant as we enhance AMP Capital's strategic partnerships with MUTB and China Life and establish ...