Japan

Baillie Gifford has appointed Praveen Kumar as manager of the Shin Nippon trust, replacing John MacDougall who moves to take up another role at the firm.

Abenomics is apparently not working: Japan is almost back in recession; Abe's third arrow of structural reform has missed. These are increasingly popular assessments but, in my opinion, are also a severe misdiagnosis, writes Neptune's George Boyd-Bowman....

While it is true Japan's domestic economy remains stagnant with negative real GDP growth for the second quarter 2015 figures, it is important to look beyond the headlines.

Neptune's George Boyd-Bowman, manager of the Global Income fund, assesses the impact of Abenomics on corporate Japan.

Japanese stocks well placed to outperform global markets

A weak yen has raised input prices, which could squeeze company profits, says Michael Lindsell

Recent reversal in equity markets

Focus on corporate governance

Country's economy moved back into deflation last month.