Asia

Neptune CEO Robin Geffen is buying into the Japanese recovery led by Shinzo Abe, dismissing comparisons to earlier efforts to revitalise the country.

After Shinzo Abe took power late last year, Japan has been 2013's undisputed success story.

City Financial has unveiled a Japan fund for manager Peter Nicholas and re-shuffled its Asian equities desk as it continues to expand.

ON JAPAN

Anthony Bolton's successor Dale Nicholls has revealed how he plans to make his own impression on the Fidelity China Special Situations investment trust when he takes over on 1 April next year.

The Nikkei rose almost 3% to hit a six-month high overnight after comments in parliament by the Japanese finance minister on currency intervention.

Growth in Japan halved in the third quarter compared to the previous reading, the country's government reported overnight, with weaker consumption and exports pushing growth down.

JAPAN

ON JAPAN

Jupiter has promoted Dan Carter to run its $148m Jupiter Japan Select SICAV, with Simon Somerville stepping back to become deputy manager.