FTAdviser latest:JPMorgan trust down 29% as Japanese economy stalls

Story by: Rob Langston, Investment Adviser

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

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  • Date published: 24.11.2008
  • Published in: Investments

Recession hits Japan

Economy minister warns trade-dependent economy is highly vulnerable

  • Date published: 24.11.2008

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

Invesco drops ETF option for investors

Invesco Perpetual has abandoned plans to offer investors the option to roll their investments in its Japanese investment trust into its newly launched ETF

  • Date published: 03.11.2008

Thames River closes Japan fund

Thames River has closed its Japan fund after a lack of interest from investors.

  • Date published: 20.10.2008

Japanese equities set to overcome hurdle

Jupiter says institutional investors are finally ready to enter market

  • Date published: 06.10.2008

Japanese real estate underperforms

Contagion from the US financial crisis has spread to Japanese real estate, according to the managers of the closed-end Prospect Japan fund.

  • Date published: 01.09.2008

Barings converts Pacific fund

Baring Asset Management announced that it has converted its Pacific fund into the Baring Asean Frontiers Fund, an Ireland-domiciled unit trust.

  • Date published: 11.08.2008

Thames River takes heavy weighting in Japan after low valuations

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  • Date published: 21.07.2008

UK investors lagging behind: Fidelity

Fidelity unveils new research showing UK investors are struggling

  • Date published: 17.07.2008

Features

Value trap or opportunity?

Stagnant growth, a flat labour market and a bad press all mean the second-largest economy in the world is fighting to fulfil its potential for investment money

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  • Date published: 22.09.2008

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Features

On the edge of a new dawn?

Japanese Smaller Companies and Japan may be bottom of the IMA sector pile, but the winds of change are beginning to be felt

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  • Date published: 22.09.2008

Features

The only way is up

With better investor relations and more dynamic management then their corporate cousins, can Japanese smaller companies encourage foreign money back in?

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  • Date published: 22.09.2008

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