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Munich Re Australasia MD and global CEO step down

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... November 2005, was previously general manager non-life at Munich Re Australasia. Prior to that, he was president at Munich Re Japan Services K.K., after being chief executive at Munich Re Co. Liaison Office. Munich Re also announced that chief executive ...

International pension fund creates stewardship group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... "Stewardship Enhancement Group" as part of an obligation it sees to increase understanding of responsible investment principles. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) recently created the Stewardship Enhancement Group to discuss the fund's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... to January as shipments to the ASEAN countries (-9.5%), China (-8.6%) and Singapore (-8.6%) declined. However, exports to Japan (+7.7%), the US (+0.7%) and Europe (+3.8%) increased. Philippine imports jumped by 30.8% with foreign purchases for most categories ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... year, putting the region on course for a 0.3% expansion of GDP in the first quarter." (Markit Economics) Markit/Nikkei flash Japan manufacturing PMI Markit/Nikkei's reports that one of the key factors for the first sub-50 reading since April 2015 in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... economy and the problems trade-dependent countries face. Export orders from the major countries all fell from a year ago: Japan (down 26.1%); China (down 12.1%); US (down 4.5%); Europe (down 1.1%). Taiwan has just come out of recession with GDP growing ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... Such was the case last week when a number of central banks and their boards met to discuss money policy. While the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of England (BOE) kept monetary policy unchanged - and despite at differing stages in their economic cycles ...

Research shows ethical investing at tipping point

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... also makes financial sense. Coal and oil prices are declining due to structural factors: China is reducing its coal use, Japan is diversifying its energy mix and developed countries worldwide have falling electricity consumption rates. These changes ...

Australian non-bank finance shows robust growth

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... including peer-to-peer lending and crowd-funding grew by 323% in 2015 with China's market leading the pack at $1.36 billion. Japan's market ranked second at $483 million with Australia a close third at $467 million, up from $32 million in 2013. Global ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... widely expected to keep their respective policies unchanged. Financial market focus would gravitate more towards the Bank of Japan when it announces its policy decision tomorrow (15th). Some expect the Japanese central bank increase in its asset purchases ...

Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... non-opinion based monthly surveys of over 16,000 purchasing executives from 32 of the world's top economies, including the U.S., Japan, Germany, France and China which together account for over 85 percent of global GDP. It reflects changes in global ...