At the end of October, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nikkei announced they are to launch a new index - the JPX-Nikkei Mid and Small Cap Index - in early 2017.
Top of priorities list for 2017
Industry needs to adapt to new standards
Growth is hard to come by as the global economic backdrop remains subdued, particularly in Europe, writes Crux Asset Management's Roland Grender.
Nick Baker, MD of fintech solution specialist, Bakehouse Communications, explores the key questions facing wealth and asset managers as fintech sector growth challenges traditional ways of doing business.
One of the issues about investing in Asia Pacific is the dominance of China in the index, writes Andrew Herberts, head of private investment management at Thomas Miller Investment.
Fund managers reveal how they are navigating market uncertainty across the Asia region, and the stocks and sectors driving performance in their funds.
State-owned sector an issue
According to the IT crowd, there are two types of companies in the world: "Those who know they have been hacked and those who do not."
Added to housebuilders in market dips