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AIJ president arrested in £878m Japanese pension scandal

Four executives of AIJ Investment Advisors have been arrested in an alleged fraud relating to missing pension fund money.

  • Japan
  • 20 June 2012
Seismic shift in risk appetite sees Japan's managers suffer

Recently released year-end results show assets under management for Japanese asset managers were down 12% in the year ended March 31, as Gavin Blair reports

  • Japan
  • 06 September 2011
CPPIB forms joint venture with Asian logistics firm

CANADA/JAPAN - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Global Logistic Properties (GLP) have formed a joint venture to invest in the country's logistics network.

  • Canada
  • 01 September 2011
GPIF returns 0.21% in Q2 as assets fall by $33bn

JAPAN - Japan's public pension fund scraped a small return on its investments in the second quarter after its assets fell by $33bn, its latest report shows.

  • Japan
  • 30 August 2011
Japan delays accounting changes - reports

JAPAN - The implementation of new accounting rules that would have forced companies to book pension fund shortfalls as liabilities on their balance sheets is to be postponed, according to reports.

  • Japan
  • 24 August 2011
Moody's downgrades Japan on debt concerns

JAPAN - Credit rating agency Moody's has downgraded Japan's sovereign debt rating by one notch, saying weak political leadership has hampered growth.

  • Japan
  • 24 August 2011
Mercer considers implemented consulting launch in Japan

JAPAN - Mercer is considering launching its implemented consulting service in the Japanese institutional market.

  • Japan
  • 02 August 2011
Japanese pensions have twice as much in pooled accounts than with asset managers

JAPAN - Japan's corporate pension funds have twice as much money entrusted to pooled accounts run by life companies and trust banks as they have under mandates awarded to asset managers, research shows.

  • Japan
  • 28 July 2011
Chuo Mitsui inches to top of GPIF managers

JAPAN - Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking has emerged as the Government Pension Investment Fund's (GPIF) largest external manager over the past year, while AXA Rosenberg has disappeared from the list.

  • Japan
  • 12 July 2011
QCM targets Asia Pacific with new Japan office

JAPAN - UK hedge fund manager Quality Capital Management (QCM) has opened an office in Tokyo as part of plans to grow its Asia Pacific business.

  • Japan
  • 05 July 2011
Global web debate: Investing in Japan

GP speaks to global asset managers about where they see opportunities arising from the recovery.

  • Japan
  • 25 May 2011
Top changes for Fidelity in Asia

ASIA - Fidelity International has promoted Judy Marlinski to president of the Japan business and scooped the former CEO of BGI's Asia business for a new managing director of Asia ex-Japan role.

  • Asia
  • 13 May 2011
Japan pensions to boost alternative investment

JAPAN - Japanese pension funds plan to increase investments in alternative assets and pare their holdings of domestic bonds and stocks this fiscal year to diversify portfolios and bolster returns, a survey showed.

  • Japan
  • 26 April 2011
Reports from Japan

Japanese asset managers and pension funds share their experiences dealing with one of Japan's most severe natural disasters. Gavin Blair and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report

  • Japan
  • 06 April 2011
Japan should not use pension funds for disaster relief - minister

JAPAN - Japan should not tap funds said aside for pension payments to fund disaster relief efforts, economics minister Kaoru Yosano has said.

  • Japan
  • 22 March 2011
Mobius: Do not panic sell Japan

JAPAN - Investors in Japan should look beyond the short-term impact of the crisis as the country will recover quickly due to its large foreign reserves, said Mark Mobius.

  • Japan
  • 21 March 2011
Week on the Web 11 March - 17 March 2011: What stories have you missed out on this week?

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

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  • 18 March 2011
Euro markets tumble on fresh Japan radiation fears

EUROPE/JAPAN - Major European indices suffered triple-digit losses on Tuesday after a third explosion at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant raised fresh radiation fears and sparked a 1,000-point plunge on the Nikkei 225.

  • Europe
  • 15 March 2011
Japan quake will delay growth until Q3 - Nomura

JAPAN - Nomura predicts the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan will cut between 0.5% and 1% off the country's GDP next quarter.

  • Japan
  • 14 March 2011
Korean fund to buy stake in Brazil mining firm

SOUTH KOREA/JAPAN/BRAZIL - South Korea's National Pension Service and Posco, the world's third-biggest steelmaker, will buy a combined 15% stake in a Brazilian niobium producer with a group of Japanese companies.

  • South Korea
  • 03 March 2011
Japan fund returns 0.62%

JAPAN - The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) returned 0.62% in the third quarter of the fiscal year, down from 1.62% the previous quarter.

  • Japan
  • 25 February 2011
World's biggest pension fund may sell Japan bonds for payouts

JAPAN - Japan's public pension fund, the world's largest, said it may become a net seller of bonds to cover payments in the world's most rapidly ageing society.

  • Japan
  • 24 February 2011
China overtakes Japan as world's second largest economy

GLOBAL - China has eclipsed Japan as the world's second largest economy after posting GDP figures of $5.8trn for 2010, beating Japan's $5.474trn.

  • Global
  • 14 February 2011
Japanese pensions under pressure

Japan's occupational pensions are straining under the pressure to provide pensions for its rapidly ageing population, as Gavin Blair reports

  • Japan
  • 08 February 2011
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