Pension fund management has undergone various changes in response to the financial crisis that ensued from Lehman Brothers' 2008 collapse. For example, pension funds have been rethinking policy portfolios'...
With China's 2007 QFII fund boom still fresh in memory, QDII funds are showing signs of renewed growth in 2010 following a multiyear lull. Offshore advisory services provided to...
For asset management companies, Asia is a very strategically important region as a home to both investors and assets in which to invest. Japanese asset management companies' future success...
Chinese stock brokerages face a war of attrition in the retail market segment, which accounts for most of their operating revenues, amid intensification of competition to capture new customers...
Financial institutions have started preparing for the advent of Japanese individual savings accounts in 2012. To provide a diverse range of services conducive to expansion of the Japanese ISA...
The persistent downward pressure on prices in Japan may be attributed in part to the inefficient allocation of economic resources. Industrial policy could be utilized as a second-best measure...
The Osaka Securities Exchange and Jasdaq have merged and plan to launch a new Jasdaq market in October 2010. Japan’s venture equity markets have continued to languish since the...
With asset management companies still beset by an adverse operating environment and Japanese equities losing relative appeal, the Japanese asset management industry seems mired in stagnation. Japanese asset management...
Japanese asset managers are increasingly using dark pools in pursuit of price improvement. However, analysis of trades executed by dark pools reveals wide variations in price improvement, reflecting differences...
Japanese equities’ underperformance and changes in institutional investors’ mandates are major threats that undermine Japanese asset managers’ competitiveness. Japanese asset management companies are well advised to expand globally by...