GAM investment director Tim Love said the weakening of the Japanese yen puts downward pressure on currencies throughout Asia.
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Blackrock brings in Japan CIO
The firm has nabbed Takeshi Fukushima from GI Capital Management to serve as chief investment officer.
Fidelity remains bullish on Japan
Despite negative interest rates and doubts about Abenomics, Fidelity analysts single out Japan as the only market with improving prospects.
SLI, M&G name new hires in Japan
SLI fund manager Neil Slater will become the firm’s CEO of Japan.
China and Japan need structural reform – Bank of Singapore
Bank of Singapore chief economist Richard Jerram said while the Chinese and Japanese financial markets might respond well to short-term stimulus, there is too little focus on structural reform.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: JPMorgan Vs PineBridge
Fund Selector Asia compares the JPMorgan Japan (Yen) with PineBridge Japan New Horizon Equity.
Fidelity: Consumer sector in developed markets offer opportunity
The consumer sector in developed markets is liable to be “the incremental driver of growth” in 2016, Fidelity International said.
TOPIX dividends will double by 2018 – Nikko AM
Japanese company profits are performing much better than those in the US or Europe, according to Nikko Asset Management.
ANALYSIS: Time to bail out of Japanese equities?
What was viewed as a sign of desperation by many when the Bank of Japan cut rates well into negative territory at the end of January has been followed by a poor economic growth number.
The pluses and minuses of Japan’s negative rates
Japan’s surprise move to negative interest rates on Friday is both a “welcome boost” for investor confidence, and in another sense, a failure of policy, sources said.