Japan

JAPAN - August belonged to the Japan long/short managers.

JAPAN - Recovery in the Japanese stock market is dependent on its government taking steps to curb deflation, according to Britannic Asset Management.

US/JAPAN -The world's biggest pension fund CalPERS has earmarked US$200m for a new Japan fund at a time when opinion over the country's ailing economy is divided.

UK/JAPAN - Neptune Investment Management is expanding its investment team and has appointed William May as head of Japanese equities, and Rob Burnett as investment analyst.  

JAPAN - Investment performance firm MSCI has started an index focussed solely on the Japanese market's Osaka Securities Exchange.

JAPAN/US - Mellon Financial Corporation has become the latest firm to seize on the Far East's promising pensions market following a 50/50 joint venture with Japan's Shinsei Bank.

UK/IRELAND/JAPAN - The investment case for Japan remains a strong one despite recent criticism, according to Edinburgh-based investment manager Martin Currie.

JAPAN - The Japanese equity market is showing signs of economic recovery after outperforming its global peers last month, according to one fund manager.

JAPAN - State Street has been appointed as transition manager for the YEN98.3bn (US$772m) Japan Travel Bureau (JTB) pension fund, and has already completed a portfolio transition utilising its agency-based transition management program.

JAPAN - Mellon Global Alternative Investments (MGAI) has received approval from the Central Bank of Ireland for the Mellon Nippon Absolute Fund, a Japanese hedge fund of funds.