Japan
MSCI: UK worst performer in June
The UK was the worst performing single country index in June while Canada was the best, according to data by MSCI.
Sony Life to set up shop in Singapore’s insurance market
Japan’s Sony Life Insurance has announced it plans to open dozens of locations in Singapore’s malls where it will offer clients policies from multiple insurers.
ANALYSIS: Has Abenomics saved Japan’s ‘lost generation’?
Japan’s economy is beginning to show signs of life, but is this another false dawn, or a sign that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s reforms are working?
Sharp fall in premiums bite Japan’s ‘top four’ life insurers
Japan’s four largest life insurers have reported a 16% decline in combined domestic premium income in the fiscal year ending 31 March 2017.
Fixed Income | 24 Mar 17
How to profit from negative yielding markets
Bondholders have been penalised by traditional benchmarks that have failed to grasp the current reality of low and negative yields, First State Investment’s Jamie Grant has said.