Japan

To what extent does Japan still merit its place in your portfolio?

In an exclusive interview with Investment Week's sister title Credit, Pimco's chief investment officer discusses sovereign risk, regulation of the financial sector, and explains why Pimco no longer sees itself as simply the "authority on bonds"

Sarasin's Daniel Briggs has reduced sterling and euro exposure in the £231m GlobalSar IIID fund over concerns for public sector deficits.

Manager anticipates intense money printing as Japanese government launches quantitative easing measures

Emerging markets are making up shortfalls that have resulted from a fall in investment from developed countries

Japan's economy grew by a better than expected 1.1% in the final quarter of last year, although it contracted by over 5% during the whole of 2009.

Legal & General Investment Management plans to merge its £34m Japanese trust into its tracker equivalent, with manager Andrew Nagele and team set to leave the group.

GLG Partners has launched a currency-hedged replica of its £698m Japan CoreAlpha fund.

As a country, Japan's rocky ride through the global downturn has led some commentators to question the country's future, while the long-term returns from the market have been variously disappointing or unimpressive for nearly two decades.

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