Japan

Sector's stocks continue to underperform developed market peers, though top-decile managers find returns with focus shift

The Asian hedge fund industry has changed dramatically in the last decade - from small players with limited means of hedging to a powerhouse offering a range of strategies

Global economies are showing tentative signs of improvement, but not sufficient yet to encourage policymakers to materially alter their highly accommodative monetary and fiscal initiatives.

Japan's economy was one of the first to officially leave the recession and is now expected to grow faster than other developed nations, according to IMF forecasts.

Just as there is a two-speed Europe, it often seems, economically, Asia moves at two different speeds.

Post-Lehman adjustments to Invesco Perpetual Japan portfolio have paid off for vehicle

Polar Capital's James Salter reflects on the outlook for the Japanese stock market under new Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama

So, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is gone. The dominant party in Japanese politics since its founding in 1955 was humiliated in the recent Lower House election, and faces the prospect of a sustained period out of power for the first time in its history....

The FTSE 100 has opened lower this morning despite three-figure gains on Wall Street overnight.

The US dollar has fallen to a one-year low against the euro ahead of the G20 and Federal Reserve meetings.