Japan

Jean-Sylvain Perrig is the Chief Investment Officer at Union Bancaire Privee. He tells Alice Rigby why there will be opportunities in the US for some time to come and what a bout of positive trading in Japan means for his portfolios.

The managers of Ruffer's investment trust increased total return by 0.5% in an "extraordinarily" volatile October as the effect of protective assets finally kicked in.

Japan has dropped back into a recession, after GDP shrank for a second successive quarter.

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Chinese data for October came in weaker than expected on Thursday, dragging down the mainland index, but Hong Kong shares have remained strong.

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Japan's Nikkei index closed at a seven-year peak this morning, following a significant purchase of ETFs by the Bank of Japan after Monday's trading ended.

Investors and fund buyers are increasingly backing Japanese equities as the country boosts its QE programme, and rotates its national pension fund towards domestic equities.

Just 24 hours after the Federal Reserve ended QE in the US, the Bank of Japan surprised global markets last Friday by extending its own stimulus programme. We look at ten global equity funds which may benefit.

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