FTAdviser latest:Omam's Les Jones set to retire

Story by: James Kenny, Investment Adviser

Les Jones, manager of Old Mutual Asset Management's £37m Japanese Select fund, is retiring from the firm after 16 years.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 01.12.2008
  • Published in: Investments

Friends launches two investment plans

Friends Provident International (FPI) has launched two new products - the Global Wealth Builder and Global Wealth Manager - as part of its expansion in Asia.

  • Date published: 26.11.2008

JPMorgan trust down 29% as Japanese economy stalls

Last week’s announcement that the Japanese economy had slipped into recession has focused attention once again on the underperforming Japan investment trust sector.

  • Date published: 24.11.2008

Recession hits Japan

Economy minister warns trade-dependent economy is highly vulnerable

  • Date published: 24.11.2008

Japan recession turns focus to underperforming investment trusts

The announcement earlier this week that the Japanese economy has slipped into recession has focused attention once again on the underperforming Japan investment trust sector.

  • Date published: 18.11.2008

Japan enters recession

Japan, the world's second largest economy, has officially fallen into recession, official figures confirmed today (17 November).

  • Date published: 17.11.2008

HSBC advises caution on Asian markets

In spite of the recent economic stimulus package in China, it is still too early for investors to get excited about Asian markets again, according to HSBC Private Bank.

  • Date published: 17.11.2008

European redemptions hit a new high

Redemptions from European funds reached record levels in September as confidence in money market funds fell sharply.

  • Date published: 17.11.2008

Japan commodities face nuclear winter

Bric plays off limits for up to a decade, warns SG Japan Core Alpha manager

  • Date published: 10.11.2008

Sovereign debt funds top October figures

Lipper's monthly performance statistics show all classes but UK gilts showing losses

  • Date published: 10.11.2008

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The next lost decade?: Tim Drayson

Could the UK repeat Japan’s 1990s experience of minimal growth, falling asset prices and deflation?

  • Time published: 13:07
  • Date published: 14.11.2008

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Following Jim Rogers around the world

Are commodities the only asset class worth holding, as the legendary investor suggests?

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 10.11.2008

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What could prompt a revival for Japan?

The 17th-century Japanese poet Ihara Saikaku was nothing if not pessimistic. “If making money is a slow process,” he wrote, “losing it is quickly done.” With October 2008 the worst-ever month for Japan’s stock market, few would disagree.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 10.11.2008

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