Japan

Japan is a nation famed for its culture and traditions. Unfortunately for investors, this has often meant higher corporate savings and meagre returns. Now, however, governance reforms by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could be changing this, as Japanese companies...

Promised ¥2trn education package

Will host in 2020

Equity markets worldwide keep nudging record highs despite political anxieties - nuclear explosions in North Korea, Brexit implosions in Europe and Trump outbursts in the US.

Fidelity and Man GLG also winners

Improved engagement

More 'realistic valuations'

Underperformed other developed markets

Few individual stocks have generated as much excitement this year as the US FANGs: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google (now Alphabet).

Usage reaching a tipping point