BNY Mellon launches pair of Japanese equity funds
Launching two new funds focusing on Japanese equity‚ BNY Mellon is confident in investment opportunities in Japan’s market.
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IT managers say Abenomics is on track
The wide-ranging programme to revitalise the Japanese economy and raise its growth rate in the long term, as well as provide short-term stimulus, dubbed Abenomics, is on track.
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GLG financials
GLG Partners has appointed Simon Price as an asset manager to focus on stock-picking opportunities in the US and Japanese financials sectors.
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pa analysis Japan is not for turning
There is an unnatural obsession with 1 January as a cut-off date as any asset class that has had a really good previous 12 months – perhaps a surprisingly good 12 months in the case of Japan – is expected to make an immediate U-turn.
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City Financial to launch Japan fund
City Financial is set to launch a Japanese Opportunities fund as it names Philip Kay to head its Asia operations.
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Japan leads IT performance in 2013
Japanese trusts have dominated performance in the closed-end space throughout the year with discounts narrowing leading to a rerating of the sector.
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The land of the rising sun sex and other hot Topix
You may have read a Sunday paper's take on how young Japanese people are holding off having babies, but putting the well-worn debates about demographics to one side, can investors really 'play safe' in Japan?
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PE holdings boost Witan
Witan Investment Trust beat its benchmark by 5.3% in the first half of the year, boosted by holdings in private equity and gearing into rising markets.
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Negativity on China deepens
Global fund managers may be largely positive on the state of the world economy but their sentiment towards China is worsening, according to the latest BofA Merrill Lunch Fund Manager survey.
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Japanese elections
Paul Chesson, Head of Japanese Equities at Invesco Perpetual, comments on the Japanese government’s growth strategy
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developed market equities
Despite recent market volatility, there has been little change in macroeconomic indicators with the broad trend remaining one of gentle improvement in the US, Japan and the UK, while activity in most emerging economies is slowing.
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Schroders adds GBP hedged classes
Schroders has launched GBP hedged unit classes for four of its UK funds in a bid to mitigate the currency effects of investing overseas.