Asia

Just a year ago, Indonesia was classed as one of the 'fragile five' nations. Now it is back on form, explains Jupiter's Ben Surtees.

Robert Horrocks, CIO of Matthews Asia

Mirabaud's Daniel Tubbs looks at why managers are dubious about China.

Germany's 10-year government bond yield slipped below Japan's for the first time on record today.

Fiercely competitive but plagued by shaky logistics, China's e-commerce market differs wildly from the West. Diam Asset Management's Motoshi Nagai gives an inside look at the burgeoning sector.

Japan's economic performance has been mixed - and vested interests are keeping wages down and the labour market tight, explains Hector Kilpatrick, CIO of Cornelian Asset Managers.

The Shanghai stock market rebounded while the Japanese yen strengthened against the US dollar on the news the Bank of Japan will keep its asset buying programme unchanged.

Making investment predictions will be 'treacherous' in 2015 given the risks in the geopolitical environment, according to Ruffer investment directors Hamish Baillie and Steve Russell.

Hideto Yamamoto, chief executive officer & chief investment officer at DIAM International, explores what Japan needs to do if the Topix is to pass 1,800 for the first time since 2007

In 2014, Japan unleashed a radical stimulus package, fell back into technical recession, and saw a tentative economic recovery stalled by a dramatic sales tax increase.