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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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... minus 4.4 from minus 2.6 in July while services sentiment fell to a reading of 10 in August from 11.2 in the previous month. Japan industrial production Disappointing industrial production growth numbers add to the disappointing inflation and consumer ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... inflation rate - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - remained stuck at 1.6%, where it had been since March this year. Japan CPI inflation Deflation still rules in Japan. Headline consumer prices fell by 0.4% in the year to July, the same rate in May ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... confidence indicator for the European Union (EU) as a whole dipped by 0.1 point to minus 7.8 in August from minus 7.7 in July. Japan leading economic indicator A little bit of sunshine in Japan. The final estimate of the country's leading index increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... faster rate in July "continuing the trend of falling prices seen over much of the past five years". Markit/Nikkei flash Japan manufacturing PMI Thank goodness for small mercies. According to Markit/Nikkei's latest survey, Japan's manufacturing sector ...

Flat Australian dividends help case for global diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... 2013, reflecting subdued profit expansion, partly due to the impact of a strong dollar. Total dividends Asia Pacific ex Japan dividends of US$36.9 billion ($48.6billion) were 12.2% higher year on year, and were boosted by some large timing effects in ...