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Deutsche Bank names head of platform sales in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
Deutsche Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to being a long-term partner to Australian clients with a new appointment. Steve Hair will join the group as head of platform sales for the institutional client group (ICG) in Australia. Prior to joining Deutsche ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... said demand for Japanese equities has remained positive, yet to be impacted by the currency interventions in the Japanese yen. "Positioning in the Japanese yen remains a modest underweight. There was a sharp rebound in demand for equities in Australia ...

MHC Digital partners to launch stablecoin platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... phase of digital finance in this country." Stablecoins continue to gain traction globally; Japan recently approved a licensed yen-backed token (JPYC), while in the US, the Genius Act continues to underscore stablecoins' role in the financial system ...

TAL takes 15% stake in Challenger

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... with MS Primary to reinsure AUD-denominated annuities, which eventually expanded into USD-denominated annuities from 2019 and YEN-denominated annuities from November 2023. As announced in May 2024, the partnership was extended for MS Primary to provide ...

Long-term optimism for APAC despite short-term hurdles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... driven by "larger-than-usual" private equity fund closures. Preqin said that Japan's accommodating interest rate and weaker yen supported the deal market's growth in 2023, with private capital deal value reaching a five-year high of $34.8 billion. It ...

Igneo adds Lal Lal Wind Farms to portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
Igneo Infrastructure Partners acquired a 60% interest in Lal Lal Wind Farms Partnership (LLWF), marking its fifth deal in the sector. Igneo's Atmos Renewables purchased the stake from funds managed by InfraRed Infrastructure and from Macquarie's Green ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... dropped. So did bond yields and commodity prices. The US dollar rose against major currencies, except for the safe haven Japanese yen and the safe haven commodity, gold. While there was good news on Australia's labour market, business and consumer ...

Chief economist update: Nikkei not so fine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... disruption of supply chains and closure of international borders brought on by the pandemic, compounded by the more expensive yen, should put downward pressure on economic growth, corporate profitability and by extension, share prices. And it has. Japanese ...

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Japan's domestic challenges are being compounded by the second wave in the US and in Europe via their impact on the Japanese yen exchange rate. The resurgence of infections have already prompted both continents to re-impose restrictions and sparked ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... yet to trigger an aggressive "restriction" response from authorities, the renewed uncertainty has already sent safe-haven yen purchases up. The yen has appreciated by ¥104.84 per US1 - up 6.9% from this year's low of ¥112.11 and by 4.5% from the ...
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