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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 ...

Britons vote 'Adieu EU'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... intense competition prompts European companies to discount selling prices while at the same time absorbing higher input costs. Japan flash manufacturing PMI There's still no joy for Japan despite the Markit/Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI inching ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Japan external trade Latest trade data out of Japan conflicts with the BOJ's outlook - noted at its policy meeting last week - for "moderate expanding trend" in the economy. Japan registered a ¥40.72 billion deficit in May. While this is an improvement ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... available data show core PCE inflation was at 1.6% in the year to April with the headline PCE at 1.1%. BOJ on hold The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced no change in policy - interest rate at minus 0.1% and target expansion of monetary base at ¥80 trillion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... Export process contracted for the 21st consecutive month, falling by 4.5% last month following a 5.1% decline in April. Japan industrial production Big deal. Final figures show that Japanese industrial production went up by 0.5% in the month of April ...