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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... five years, and around a third invest for less than a year. BoJ expected to go even deeper into negative interest rates Japan' central bank is meeting today and is expected to lower rates again taking their official interest rates even deeper into negative ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... supporting exports were tariff cuts on Australian product into the two largest grainfed beef markets. In response to the Japan Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA), the Japanese tariff on frozen beef reduced to 27.5% this year while the tariff ...

Aussie pension pros most confident about valuations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... years between 2000 and 2015, the fastest increase since the 1960s, according to recent World Health Organisation (WHO) data. Japan, Singapore and Australia are among the top five countries where people live the longest, with average life expectancies ...

WAM finds returns in growth companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... the equity market outlook for the next 12 months remains mixed. He said ongoing planned global stimulus, particularly in Japan and the UK, will be supportive of equity markets in the near term. On the home front Stott said initial political uncertainty ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... yields have been upturned as a number of key central banks have put negative interest rates in place, including the Bank of Japan (BoJ), the European Central Bank and the central banks of Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. Managing director of QIC's Global ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... service. The US as expected is ranked number one accounting for 25% of global economic output, followed by China on 15%, Japan on 6%, Germany on 5%, the UK on 4% and France on 3%. The leading 10 nations make up 68% of the world total. Australia's A$1.6 ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... it's worth noting that there are already 360 HSR trains operating around the world although these are dominated by China, Japan, France, Germany and Spain, according to the US HSR Association. The US HSRA reports that in 2015 1.6 billion passengers used ...

Swedish pension giant commits to total decarbonisation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... Carbon Leaders Indexes in Europe, Emerging Markets, North America and Pacific. The equity portfolio in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) will track the MSCI Low Carbon Target Index. AP4 was an early adopter of the low carbon approach and made its first investment ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... the country in terms of technology employment growth - where almost 1 in 2 employers are looking to add technology staff. Japan govt says no plan to fund stimulus with more debt Japanese government officials have denied they will fund their proposed ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... Ordinaries Index, fell 2.5% in June 2016, reports the ASX. Declines were also observed in other major markets, including Japan which was down 9.6%, Germany which was down 5.7% and Hong Kong which was down 0.1%. The UK was, however, up 4.4%, Singapore ...