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Down but upbeat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... that would ultimately prove to be a boon for oil consuming countries, and they're the big ones - US, China, India, Europe, Japan....and we haven't even factored in the latest central bank promises yet.

Chi-X Australia being acquired by private equity firm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co has entered into an agreement to acquire Chi-X Australia. The investor will also acquire Chi-X Japan and Chi-Tech Hong Kong. The acquisition will close in the first quarter of 2016, pending regulatory approval. Financial ...

Barclays to axe jobs worldwide, exit Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... Pacific is an important part of our global network... [we will have] a physical presence only in China, Hong Kong, India, Japan and Singapore." The memo also noted that Asia Pacific local cash equity products will be discontinued. "Today's changes are ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... a barrel! OMG! That's fantabolous - at least, for oil consumers the biggest three of which are the United States, China, Japan. And at least in so far as what this old, ageing bloke learned in Economics 101. Higher oil prices are a tax on consumption ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... the economy. However, falling birth rates and lengthening life expectancies in developed countries - most pronounced in Japan - poses a challenge to those countries' financial sectors. RBC's report said institutions must be strong to both ensure that ...

Nikko AM selects new reporting tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... reporting." Vermilion global sales and marketing director Simon Cornwell said the firm was thrilled to be working with one of Japan's largest asset managers, and sees this as a stepping stone to the Japanese market. "The latest VRS GUI is multilingual ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... outperformed the CSI 300 Index by 6.5% in 2015 with gains in Q4 alone coming in at 8.52%. On a year-to-date basis Asia ex-Japan mandated hedge funds are up 8.35%, the biggest gainer among all hedge fund regional investment mandates. They have outperformed ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Japan's Cabinet Office reported that consumer confidence stood at 42.7 in December. While this is much higher than market expectations for a 42.3 print, it's only a slight improvement from the previous month's 42.6 reading. The overall index is derived ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland ...

Custodian appoints new APAC head

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... BNP Paribas Securities Services is now present in eight markets in the APAC region - Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore - where it employs about 2000 people. BNP Paribas Securities Services general manager ...