Japan

JAPAN

River and Mercantile (R&M) launches its Global High Income fund this week for manager Alex O'Reilly.

ON ASSET ALLOCATION

JAPAN ANALYSIS

Outperforming their large-cap brethren, Japan's smaller companies have driven a sector gain of 42.6% over one year with value still to be found

ON ASIA

Artemis' William Littlewood has introduced a Japanese equity position into his Strategic Assets fund for the first time as the portfolio reaches £500m of assets in under a year since launch.

ASSET ALLOCATION

Invesco Perpetual has renamed its £1.21bn International Equity product as the Global Equity fund in a bid to bring improved clarity and consistency for investors.

Optimism on the economic recovery led by US retail data from March led most Asian stocks to gain slightly on Friday.