Japan

Hiroyasu Sato, chief portfolio manager of the Tokio Marine Japanese Equity Focus Strategy, believes that the impact of the Abe administration/Bank of Japan's macro policy will lessen and now is the time to focus on attractive company fundamentals.

David Coombs, head of multi-asset investments at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, says the hunt for alpha must turn to alternatives as the beta run draws to a close

Peter Askew, co-manager of the T. Bailey Growth fund, says investors are at risk of missing out on the best Asian opportunities by only allocating to the region through emerging market labels

Man GLG is to remove investment restrictions on its flagship Japan CoreAlpha fund, citing an improvement in Japanese equity market liquidity.

Renewed yen weakness could bring about a fresh global currency war resulting in a 'tidal wave of deflation' in China and the West, Société Générale's Albert Edwards has warned.

Simon Somerville talks to Dan Jones about the latest leg up for Japan's equity market, how tourism has become a powerful new theme for investors in the country, and how to gauge Abenomics' success

Fund managers give their views on the key issues impacting global asset classes and outline how they are positioning portfolios.

M&G is bringing its top quartile Japan funds in-house, changing manager on its Smaller Companies portfolio, and adding a co-manager to its European Smaller Companies fund.

Fund managers give their views on the key issues impacting global asset classes and outline how they are positioning portfolios.

John MacDougall, manager of the Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon fund, explains how Japan's old corporate structure is being replaced with a new era of entrepreneurialism and high-growth focused start-ups