In September 2012, we surveyed banks about their preparations for the coming advent of ISAs. We found major differences in their state of preparation, with some cautious about ISAs and...
This article is the first in a four-part series on structural changes in Japanese's financial mindset and behavior based on analysis of data from NRI Questionnaire Surveys of 10,000 Consumers...
Annual research report on Japan’s Asset Management Business (JAMB). Detailing Japanese investor trends, the current state of the asset management business and local market trends and product strategies, NRI’s...
Loss of trust is a calamity for any business. Once lost, trust is extremely difficult to regain, as the financial industry has learned in the wake of the recent...
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is mulling whether to extend its trading hours. On July 25, it published a discussion paper that proposed specific approaches to extending trading hours...
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...