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Nikko AM launches Japan fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Nikko Asset Management has launched a fund focused on the Japanese equities market. The Nikko AM Japan Share Concentrated Fund is based on concentrated portfolio of Japanese equities, the strategy for which is managed by 18-year industry veteran Yuki ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... core retail sales accelerated to 5.9% in August from 5.8% in July and compares with market expectations for a 5.0% gain. Japan industrial production Still no joy for Japan. Final estimates showed industrial output declined by 0.4% in the month of August. ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... said. China claims nearly 25% of Australia's two-way trade, but the value of this trade is nearly double that of trade with Japan - Australia's second-largest individual trading partner, ACFS said.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... This "rebalancing" towards domestic consumption would be tested once the tax incentives expire at the end of this year. Japan machine tool orders Preliminary data from the Machine Tool Builders' Association showed that total machine tool orders in Japan ...

PIMCO hiring for 20 new roles in Asia expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... but a rapidly growing individual investor base." He added that while the majority of assets under management in Asia ex-Japan are core and non-core fixed income, wealth management clients are expressing interest in the areas of income, credit, and alternatives. ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... policies proved founded. It doesn't matter whether it's by chance or by design but both the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan will announce their monetary policy decision on 21 September. Nothing wrong with that... except that the butcher, the ...

Watershed SMA makes the right calls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
Over a difficult trading year to July 30, where world markets dipped into the red, the Watershed International ETF SMA delivered 6.86% p.a. gross return for its investors, outpacing its benchmark the MSCI World Index (AUD) which lost 2.48%, giving outperformance ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... The risks to the euro area growth outlook remain tilted to the downside and relate mainly to the external environment." Japan GDP The final estimate of Japanese GDP showed the economy advanced by 0.2% in the June quarter, up from zero growth in the initial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... latest growth number puts Australia ahead of the United States (1.2%) the Eurozone (1.6%), the United Kingdom (2.2%) and Japan (0.6%). The details of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report show that the RBA governor's constant nagging may ...