Japan

JAPAN - The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) returned 0.62% in the third quarter of the fiscal year, down from 1.62% the previous quarter.

JAPAN - Japan's public pension fund, the world's largest, said it may become a net seller of bonds to cover payments in the world's most rapidly ageing society.

GLOBAL - China has eclipsed Japan as the world's second largest economy after posting GDP figures of $5.8trn for 2010, beating Japan's $5.474trn.

Japan's occupational pensions are straining under the pressure to provide pensions for its rapidly ageing population, as Gavin Blair reports

Investors typically look at the movement of the yen against the US dollar, but David Walker warns not to overlook the impact of other Asian currencies

US/ASIA - State Street Global Markets has appointed four senior transition managers for its global portfolio solutions groups in the US, Australia and Japan.

JAPAN - The adoption of new benchmarks by some Japanese pension funds is set to boost their holdings of emerging markets shares, says Goldman Sachs Investment Research.

JAPAN - The Government Pension Investment Fund should establish a board of directors and employ a chief executive and chief investment officer, a report by the OECD has concluded.

JAPAN - Japanese finance minister Yoshihiko Noda said the government hasn't decided to maintain its 50% pension obligation next year after media reports said it has secured funds to meet the payouts.

JAPAN - The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest public pension fund in the world, returned 1.53% on its investments in the second quarter of fiscal 2010.