SHARE THIS For January, we reduced our overweight position in growth while maintaining our overweight position in defensives. With respect to growth assets, Trump's second presidency ushers in a new era of US exceptionalism which has implications on...
SHARE THIS This Fund seeks the net asset value per unit to track the performance of the yen-converted Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Currency Government - 10% Country Capped Index by mainly investing in the separately stipulated investment trust...
SHARE THIS Despite very bumpy economic data—particularly on inflation—rates have compressed, implying most of the “surprises” have already been priced in. This is positive for growth assets that respond better to yield curve stability than the sudden...
SHARE THIS The Funds seek the net asset value per unit to track the performance of Bloomberg Australia Treasury 7-10 Year Index JPY Currency Hedged by mainly investing in the separately stipulated investment trust securities. Key information...
SHARE THIS The Funds seek the net asset value per unit to track the performance of Bloomberg Australia Treasury 7-10 Year Index TTM JPY Currency Unhedged by mainly investing in the separately stipulated investment trust securities. Key information...
SHARE THIS The Funds seek the net asset value per unit to track the performance of Bloomberg France Treasury 7-10 Year Index TTM JPY Currency Unhedged by mainly investing in the separately stipulated investment trust securities. Key information...
SHARE THIS The Funds seek the net asset value per unit to track the performance of Bloomberg France Treasury 7-10 Year Index TTM JPY Currency Hedged by mainly investing in the separately stipulated investment trust securities. Key information...
SHARE THIS Just a few weeks ago I attended my first in-person conference since 2019. Over 40,000 people descended upon Lisbon for Web Summit, one of the world’s largest technology conferences. The event brings together CEO’s and founders of established...
SHARE THIS In the 2024 October-December quarter, risk assets largely moved in line with expectations surrounding the US presidential election. We maintained an overweight position on growth assets over the quarter amid indications of resilient economic...
SHARE THIS This Fund seeks the net asset value per unit to track the performance of the yen-converted S&P 500 JPY Hedged by mainly investing in the separately specified investment trust securities. Key information {loadmodule...
SHARE THIS This Fund seeks the net asset value per unit to track the performance of the Nikkei ESG-REIT Index by mainly investing in Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) securities of the components of the Nikkei ESG-REIT Index. The Fund is defined as...
SHARE THIS This Fund seeks the net asset value per unit to track the performance of NASDAQ100 JPY-converted Index by mainly investing in the mother fund. Key information {loadmodule custom,etf-2568-key-information} Net Asset Value and Performance NAV...
SHARE THIS This Fund seeks the net asset value per unit to track the performance of NASDAQ100 Currency Hedged JPY Index by mainly investing in the mother fund. Key information {loadmodule custom,etf-2569-key-information} Net Asset Value and Performance...
SHARE THIS We increased the overweight to growth assets given that economic data remains resilient against falling inflation and as global central banks lower interest rates. Regarding defensive assets, we have been relatively negative on sovereign...
SHARE THIS We remain constructive on relatively higher-yielding government bonds amid a supportive macro backdrop. Our favourable view of higher-yielders is further grounded on the view that lower-yielding government bonds will be more vulnerable to...
SHARE THIS We explain how reflationary dynamics underpin the foundations of Japan’s incipient structural recovery and illustrate why we believe the country’s equity comeback should not be written off as another flash-in-the-pan cyclical upturn headed...
SHARE THIS This Fund seeks the net asset value per unit to track the performance of the yen-converted S&P 500 Index by mainly investing in the separately specified investment trust securities. Key information {loadmodule...
SHARE THIS Asian stocks posted gains for the third consecutive month, boosted by positive COVID-19 vaccine developments around the world, the persistently weak US dollar (USD) and resilient Chinese economic data.
SHARE THIS The just released 2Q CY21 data on aggregate corporate profits in Japan was surprisingly positive, as the overall corporate recurring pre-tax profit margin surged relatively near its record high in the 3Q CY18.
SHARE THIS The just-released 1Q CY22 data on aggregate corporate profits in Japan was positive, with the overall corporate recurring pre-tax profit margin hitting a record high on a four quarter average. Both the non-financial service and manufacturing...