Japan

Japan's Nikkei fell for a second day overnight, while indices around the world also moved lower, as investors pull money out of the market on fears of imminent tapering by the US Fed.

City Financial has unveiled a Japan fund for manager Peter Nicholas and re-shuffled its Asian equities desk as it continues to expand.

Japanese equity markets have soared in the last year, outpacing gains seen across other stock exchanges after a huge QE programme introduced by returning Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but can the market keep climbing from here?

Japanese shares soared overnight, with the Nikkei index seeing its biggest one-day gain for three months, as Asian shares rebounded after last week's slide.

Polar Capital has more than doubled its assets under management year-on-year, driven primarily by inflows into its Japanese products.

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ASEAN

Japanese markets have continued to surge back towards pre-financial crisis levels, with the latest move on Monday taking it within a whisker of a six-year high.

Eclectica hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry has said he has been forced to leave his bearish outlook behind as he faces up to a market "which only makes sense through the prism of trends".

David Coombs, head of multi-asset investments at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, has bought a number of new funds in the last few months as he rejigs his portfolios to focus on global growth.