Regardless of market conditions, active management in the Japanese small-cap market is still able to provide a better return with less volatility when compared to Japanese equity market as a whole.
Stabilising economic and corporate earnings growth, improving macro stability and overall accommodative local macro policies have provided a positive anchor for Asia ex Japan assets in the face of elevated global and developed market growth, policy and...
At the end of October, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nikkei announced they are to launch a new index - the JPX-Nikkei Mid and Small Cap Index - in early 2017.
Fed rate hike would strengthen dollar vs the yen
Financial regulators in Beijing and Hong Kong announced the launch of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Exchange Connect, slated for December, giving foreign investors access to the world's eighth largest exchange and more importantly China's high growth equity...
Japanese equities have earned themselves a reputation over the years as the market everyone loves to hate, writes Trevor Greetham, head of multi-asset, at Royal London Asset Management.
One of the issues about investing in Asia Pacific is the dominance of China in the index, writes Andrew Herberts, head of private investment management at Thomas Miller Investment.