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.

India close to allowing Euroclear settlements for sovereign funds - sources

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India is close to allowing sovereign wealth funds to settle government bonds on Euroclear, the world's largest securities settlements system, and is likely to set aside up to $3 billion for these long-term investors, according to two officials aware of the discussions.

Foreign investment in government bonds surges to 82 percent of limit

Reuters Market Eye - Foreign investors have exhausted 82.47 percent of the available limit of $20 billion in government bonds, according to data published by National Securities Depository Ltd on Thursday.

Allianz ends risk-free status of government bonds

(Reuters) - Allianz (ALVG.DE), Europe's biggest insurer, has begun applying a notional charge in its accounts to reflect the risk of holding government bonds as investments, drawing a lesson from the euro zone debt crisis that may prompt others to follow suit.

Insight: Norway's $833 billion oil fund eyes riskier bets

OSLO - In May 2012 the world's largest sovereign wealth fund joined U.S. investors BlackRock and Waddell & Reed to buy a $1.6 billion stake in motor racing's Formula One.

India eases rules for foreign investors in government, corporate bonds

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will ease restrictions for foreign institutional investors in federal and corporate bonds next month to attract inflows and help fund a widening current account deficit, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday.

Euro zone bond clause highlights rich nation default risk

LONDON: When 10 wealthy countries first demanded legal provisions making it easier to restructure government bonds in a crisis, they never thought this would apply to their own debt.

Analysis: Argentina debt case weakens incentives to settle

LONDON (Reuters) - A legal clause as the key to smoothing future debt restructurings could be undermined by a U.S. court ruling that Argentina must pay creditors holding its defaulted debt.

'China' fund raises stakes in Japan firms: report

OD05 Omnibus, an investment fund widely believed to be a Chinese government investment vehicle, has been increasing its stakes in Japanese companies including Toyota and Honda, a report said Sunday.

Analysis: Swiss capital curb talk unlikely to become reality

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss talk of capital controls to repel investors fleeing the euro zone sounds more like saber-rattling than a realistic plan, given such curbs would be unlikely to work and could cause lasting damage to the country's banking industry.

China Sovereign-wealth Fund To Get $50 Bln: Report

HONG KONG – China's sovereign-wealth fund, China Investment Corp. (CIC), has received an additional $50 billion in funding from the central government, according to a report Tuesday in the Financial Times.

Asia 1.25 Billion Over 60 by 2050 Shows Why Bonds Beat Stocks

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- With Asia’s elderly population poised to double within four decades, more money is being plowed into preserving wealth than enhancing growth, driving up demand for the region’s bonds that are beating returns on stocks.