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PIMCO bolsters investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... based in Hong Kong and will be responsible for credit research on China's property sector, in addition to other Asia ex-Japan real estate coverage. Previously, he was head of research, Greater China at CBRE. Prior to that, he was head of property research ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... prices fell by 3.5% in the year to June for the 22nd straight month of year-on-year declines, following a 4.5% drop in May. Japan industrial production Japanese stats continue to disappoint. Final figures show that Japan's industrial output fell by 2.6% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... to 94.0 and represents the third straight month of increases since March this year (when the index fell to two-year low). Japan producer prices Pipeline inflation pressures remain non-existent in Japan. Producer prices declined by 4.2% in the year to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... previous month. Similarly, the total number of dwelling commitments grew by 11.4% over the 12 months to May from 4.4% in April. Japan machinery orders It's just as well that Japan's upper house elections over the weekend produced a decisive outcome given ...

UniSuper reflects on investment highs and lows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... consistently had a high weighting to technology, "and it continues to pay off." It is sceptical about views on Europe and Japan, suggesting companies in those markets are "cheap for a reason and could stay that way for some time." On the home front UniSuper ...

M&A activity impacted by politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... followed, both recording less than US$13 billion in deal value. Mergermarket said in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, a total of 1591 deals worth US$307.4bn were announced during H1 2016. Although this represented a 29.7% decrease by value compared ...

EG partners with leading Japanese homebuilder

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Real estate manager EG Funds Management has settled its second, $33 million joint venture with a leading Japanese homebuilder. Under the terms of the JV, Daiwa House Group, its Australian subsidiary Cosmos Australia and Sumitomo Forestry will acquire ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... second half due to Brexit and the ongoing corporate restructuring." South Korea is Australia's fourth largest export market. Japan industrial production South Korea's sombre mood (despite improving stats) contrasts with that of Japan's (sill expecting ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... reading of 94.7 - with consumers reporting they were less optimistic about both current conditions and the future outlook. Japan retail sales It seems Japan cannot get a break. Safe haven flows into the yen following Brexit has strengthened the Japanese ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Just like almost all other equity markets around the world, Australia's stock market took a beating from the United Kingdom's unexpected vote to leave the European Union (EU) at the referendum held on 23 June 2016. The All Ordinaries index dropped by ...