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The economic stimuli unveiled by the Japanese government may be drawing in equity investors, but not everyone is keen to jump on the bandwagon before seeing if the policies actually work.
The economic stimuli unveiled by the Japanese government may be drawing in equity investors, but not everyone is keen to jump on the bandwagon before seeing if the policies actually work.
The Policy Board of the Bank of Japan may have had a very encouraging first meeting under its new Governor though, as Nathan Gibbs argues, it is ongoing structural reform and government policy that will drive any sustainable economic improvement.
Schroders is launching sterling-hedged unit classes on four European and Japanese funds in response to fears over currency volatility.
The Bank of Japan is under pressure to introduce more accommodating monetary policies, as it did for the three years to early 2006 when investors shifted to riskier asset classes. Sonoko Seo assesses whether history will repeat itself.