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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... last month from 53.5 in February. New export orders in manufacturing rose to 52.0 in March from 46.5 in the previous month. Japan leading economic index Indications of weakness in the economy continue to pile up in Japan. The leading index - a composite ...

APAC M&A on the wane after a record year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) mergers and acquisitions activity has dropped 34% in Q1 2016 compared to the prior corresponding period. Mergermarket's Q1 2016 global M&A trend report reveals that the decrease down to 700 deals, representing US$131.8 billion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... the rest of the Eurozone member countries -- only partially offset by a 0.9% increase in domestic orders. Nikkei/Markit Japan Service PMI Japan's services sector continues to slow. While March's PMI reading of 50 indicates that the sector is neither ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... equity dealing from Hong Kong, as well as investment strategy, relationship management and sales teams based in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Australia. McCareins will report to Wayne Bowers, EMEA and APAC head of Northern Trust Asset Management, and ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... easing with a negative interest rate. All of the above plus promises of more. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) big bazookas proved no match for US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's words, "I consider it appropriate for ...

Financial services leading Australian M&A

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... in Australia's agribusiness sector, with many reaping the benefits already of recently effected FTA's - beef exports to Japan have experienced an 86% increase, and horticulture exports to Korea are also up - making these companies ideal targets for M&A ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... earnings increasing by 0.2% (2.1% year-on-year). Stronger-than-expected outcomes could bring back April rate hike speculations. Japan industrial production China's Lunar new Year holiday and Toyota's temporary production stoppage (following an explosion ...

Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... assets to the global market. The size of the mandate was not revealed. "Building on Nikko AM's strong client relationships in Japan and our investment skills in Australia, we have been able to tailor a specialised solution for our client," head of Australian ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
T. Rowe Price has named Naoyuki Honda as its new country head for Japan. A thirty-year veteran of the financial services and asset management industries, Honda will join the firm in early May after a filing with Japanese regulators. He will lead T. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... Exports dropped by 10.4% to HK$205.5 billion in the year to February with shipments to China falling by 6.4%. Exports to Japan declined by 17.1% while those to the US and the UK decreased by 23.2% and 26.6%, respectively. Imports decreased by 10.1% to ...