Japan

  • RWC launches Japan sub fund

    RWC launches Japan sub fund

    The RWC Nissay Japan Focus Fund is a sub-fund of the firms UCITS-qualified Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV. It will build upon the existing partnership with Nissay Asset Management using a constructive engagement-based approach.

  • Coram Martin Gray appointment

    Coram Martin Gray appointment

    Gray will oversee multi-asset portfolios in Corams UCITS IV fund range alongside Sullivan, also a director and senior fund manager at Coram, with whom he shares a seven-year working relationship

  • Source launches new ETF to track Japan index

    Source launches new ETF to track Japan index

    The latest product to emerge from the pipeline of exchange traded product provider Source aims to provide exposure to Japan’s stock market.

  • Deflationary pressures prove quality is king

    Deflationary pressures prove quality is king

    Patience is a virtue, with European investors best off ignoring market froth and instead remembering lessons learned from Japans lost decade, according to Carmignacs Dider Saint-Georges.

  • Axa IM issues warning on Japanisation of Europe

    Axa IM issues warning on Japanisation of Europe

    Axa Investment Manager has warned that recent economic weakness and declines in bond yields have raised concerns about a Japanese scenario’ in the euro area.

  • Europe takes the lead in dividend growth race

    Europe takes the lead in dividend growth race

    According to the latest edition of the Henderson Global Investors Dividend Index, 2014 could well be the best year for dividend growth since 2011.

  • Keeping up with Japan's change of pace

    Keeping up with Japan’s change of pace

    According to Simon Somerville head of far east equities team, Jupiter Asset Management initial expectations of the scale and pace of Japans third arrow were unrealistic

  • glg grows japan corealpha team with new app

    glg grows japan corealpha team with new app

    GLG Partners has appointed Adrian Edwards as portfolio manager for its Japan CoreAlpha team.

  • A step change for Japan

    A step change for Japan

    Richard Philbin argues the launch of the new JPX-Nikkei 400 index could herald the start of a renaissance of investing into the Japanese stock market.

  • Fidelity still prefers Japanese and US equities

    Fidelity still prefers Japanese and US equities

    Fidelity Solutions is maintaining a clear preference for Japanese and US equities despite the continued improvement in the UK economy, portfolio manager Nick Peters said.

  • Bullish on Japan despite evidence of third arrow

    Bullish on Japan despite evidence of third arrow

    According to the managers of the JP Morgan Japan Smaller Companies Investment Trust, there are four reasons to be bullish on Japanese equities.

  • Two ways to play the shift to value

    Two ways to play the shift to value

    Chris Kitchenham discusses three ideas he is rather excited about at the moment.