Wealth Funds Turn to Tokyo Property as London Seen as Model

Global wealth funds are moving to buy more Tokyo properties to take advantage of rising prices in the Japanese capital, one of the highest-ranking officials at the land ministry said.

China Overtakes Japan as World’s Second-Biggest Stock Market

China surpassed Japan as the world’s second-largest stock market for the first time in three years amid growing investor confidence that policy makers in Beijing will revive the economy with monetary stimulus.

Japanese stock funds worldwide attract $1.2 billion inflows - Bank of America

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors worldwide poured $1.2 billion (0.76 billion pounds) into Japanese stock funds in the week ended Nov. 19 on the Bank of Japan's increased stimulus and a delay to the country's planned sales tax hike, data from a Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research report showed on Friday.

Japan’s GPIF to Invest $2.7 Billion in Infrastructure

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, the world’s largest pool of retirement savings, will invest as much as $2.7 billion in infrastructure over the next five years.

Japan PM Abe says to keep revision to BOJ law as future option

(Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that he is trusting the Bank of Japan governor but will leave revision to the law guaranteeing central bank independence as a future option.

Japan World-Beating Stocks Seen Repeating Gains in 2014

The 49 percent rally that pushed Japanese stocks past every other developed market in 2013 has done nothing to increase valuations, a sign to the world’s biggest investors that the advance will last.

World’s Biggest Pension Fund Sees Japan Fail on 2% Inflation

The Bank of Japan’s unprecedented monetary easing will fail in its goal of spurring 2 percent inflation, according to Takahiro Mitani, president of the fund that manages the world’s largest pool of pension savings.

Japan Pension Fund Urged to Diversify as Independent Body

Japan’s 121 trillion yen ($1.21 trillion) pension fund needs more independence from bureaucrats and should put some of the world’s biggest retirement savings pool into private equity and commodities, an expert panel said.

Japan’s Biggest Banks See Profit Declining in Second Half

Japan’s three biggest banks reported a surge in first-half profits this week that they said means the year will turn out better than expected.

Japan’s GPIF May Opt for Growth Stocks in Bid for Returns

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund plans to boost investment in growth stocks to increase returns and may eventually allocate several trillion yen to such equities, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Oct. 5.

Singapore State Fund Tackles Markets With New Strategy

GIC Pte, manager of more than $100 billion of Singapore’s reserves, is changing its investment strategy for the second time in three decades to be more flexible as the global outlook becomes “complicated.”

Japan $314 Billion Rout Tests Topix Bulls Who Pushed Gain

The biggest drop in Japanese shares since the 2011 earthquake erased $314 billion in market value, shaking bulls who pushed the Topix Index to five-year highs and highlighting their vulnerability to shocks at home and abroad.

Euro drops on ECB comments, stocks remain steady

LONDON (AP) — Stock markets were largely stable on Thursday while the euro fell sharply after the European Central Bank said it would monitor its value and economic impact.

Yen decline could spark currency war -Kuwait wealth fund

KUWAIT, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The decline of the yen could spark a currency war in southeast Asia, Badr al-Saad, the head of Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund, said in comments aired on Saturday.

Equities big in Japan again as Abe wakes up markets

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japan's December rally has handed Asia's struggling stock traders an early Christmas present as the rare flurry of activity in Tokyo helps make an otherwise bleak year end on a brighter note.