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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016

... underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs, quits, and surveys of consumers and businesses". Japan consumer confidence Japanese consumer confidence posted a 40.8 reading in April - slightly better than market expectations ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016

... the UK(-1.9%), Germany(-1.7%) and France(-2.9%) ended down. Investors also received the "sell in May" memo in our region: Japan's down 3.4%; Hong Kong's down 4.5%; China's down 0.9%; Singapore's down 3.8%; South Korea's down 0.9%. Was it the Federal ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016

As the valuations of residential property and bank stocks have risen, so too has the risk that they will face a snap-back that could trigger a recession in the Australian economy, according to Lazard Asset Management. "House prices in Australia are ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016

... raison d'Aatre, the source of angst, the trigger for the sell orders all pointed to the disappointment over the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) failure to provide more policy stimulation - in whatever shape for form - when it was widely expected to announce more ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016

... and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, has signed the Asia Region Funds Passport's Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with Japan, Korea and New Zealand. The Passport will facilitate the cross border offering of eligible collective investment schemes while ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016

... offset by an upturn in state and local government spending and an acceleration in residential fixed investment". Bank of Japan policy decision The BOJ disappointed financial market expectations for more stimulus measures when it decided to keep monetary ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016

... trying to cheapen their currencies in order to import growth and export their way out of deflation. But nay, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has repeated many many times that it is not targeting the yen, so have the European Central Bank (ECB)... and everyone ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016

The Bank of Japan's stimulus measures have seen it quietly become one of the largest shareholders in the nation's largest companies, analysis from Bloomberg shows. The Japanese central bank is currently buying up equity ETFs at a rate of ¥3.3 trillion ...

State Street appointed alternatives custodian at GPIF

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016

State Street has been appointed the custodian of alternative investments at Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). The GPIF manages about $1.5 trillion and according to its latest figures, paid State Street about $8.3 million in custodial ...

Fixed income China's sweet spot

KERRIE SYDEE | TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016

... China, demand for overseas education and outbound tourism is increasing in countries like Thailand, the UK, Australia and Japan. "Competing economies such as Vietnam and Bangladesh are also benefitting by gaining global market share from China's withdrawal ...

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Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA

Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino will forge ahead with the New Class of Advisers (NCAs) as part of highly anticipated Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms and laid out a blueprint of how the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) will be fairer for financial advisers.

Munro Partners to acquire GSFM

VINNY VUCAGO

Munro Partners will acquire GSFM, the Australian investment fund management affiliate of CI Global Asset Management, in a deal designed to strengthen its local distribution capabilities.

Treasury consults on foreign investment framework reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Treasury has opened a consultation to review existing conditions required for foreign investment approvals in Australia.

Australians struggle to navigate super and age pension divide

VINNY VUCAGO

Australians are approaching retirement with growing uncertainty about how superannuation and the Age Pension will work together, with new research pointing to gaps in both preparedness and confidence.

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