Invesco Perpetual and JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) have gone overweight Japan across a range of Asian and global mandates amid a rebound in the country's stock market.
Andrew Nicholas, manager of First State's £60m Global Property Securities fund, has moved overweight Japan, following the earthquake and tsunami in March.
JP Morgan Asset Management has launched a Japanese absolute return portfolio for fund manager Kaori Tsujino.
Baillie Gifford's Sarah Whitley says companies seem to be under-promising and over-delivering following the earthquake.
Paulson fund loses $500m on Sino stake Veteran hedge fund investor John Paulson has lost $500m through selling his entire holding in Sino Forest, a Chinese forestry company fighting fraud allegations, the FT reports.
Rajeev De Mello is leaving his role as Asian bond manager at Western Asset, Legg Mason's fixed income subsidiary, on 10 June.