Japan

JAPAN - Japanese equities will provide strong returns for pension schemes, leading fund managers claim.

JAPAN - Japanese pension fund investment in hedge funds is set to mushroom on the back of the Government Pension Investment Fund's (GPIF) decision to plough hundreds of billions of yen into the asset class.

JAPAN - Japanese investors are acquiring a taste for sophisticated fixed income products such as credit derivatives and asset- and mortgage-backed securities.

JAPAN - At least five underperforming managers face the cull at Japanese corporate pension funds following the return of daiko henjo, the practice by which funds are allowed to return public assets under their management to the government.

JAPAN - Fund managers are optimistic about the Japanese economy which has shown a marked improvement this year.

JAPAN - SG Asset Management is urging schemes to increase their allocations to Japanese equities.

JAPAN - Northern Trust has extended its international presence with the opening of its first office in Tokyo.

JAPAN - Normally placid Japanese pension funds have opened hostilities with failing companies in which they invest by threatening to vote against the re-election of management - and payment of their retirement allowances - if a firm suffers three straight...

JAPAN - Fund managers have expressed their disappointment over the appointment of Toshihiko Fukui as the new Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor.

JAPAN - Corporate restructuring remains the best route to reviving Japan's deflated equity sector, says one leading expert.