Nenkin Joho
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Pension funds gradually taking more risks
Pension funds are becoming tangled in a maze amid an inability to determine proper forex hedging strategies.
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Japan's GPIF mulls PE and infrastructure moves
Takahiro Mitani, Chairman at Government Pension Investment Fund discusses about greater diversification of assets in an interview with Nenkin Joho.
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Robust pension fund performance in Japan
by Nenkin Joho - Pension funds are responding increasingly to currency volatility.
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Japan’s recovering investment climate
Expectations regarding “Abenomics” have sent the stock markets soaring. Pension funds have increasingly been reporting cumulative returns of over 10% thus far in the fiscal year, and the atmosphere among pension investors has brightened considerably for the first time in quite some years.
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Japan - Setting priorities for the golden years
Norihisa Tamura, the new chief of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare lists his plans to address the country’s ageing population in an interview with Nenkin Joho.
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Japan's DC system after 10 years
A survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare finds subscribers to corporate defined contribution (DC) pension funds climbed to 4 million as of July 31, accounting for one out of every eight salaried workers.
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Japan's PFA cuts managers as reserves decline
The Pension Fund Association (PFA) has cut five foreign managers and is increasing its ratio of funds managed in-house, while remaining committed to expanding its external managers.
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Kyushu Electric revamps its portfolio
The Japanese pension fund has restructured its ¥300bn basic portfolio, with a shift from stocks to super-long bonds and a strengthening of its hedging positions.
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Japanese funds diversify away from equities and bonds
When a pension fund with a large asset base uses multiple funds in an attempt to diversify risk, the task of keeping track of its investments, gauging its income gains and otherwise managing its money is tedious and complicated.
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More Japanese corporations close their DC pension schemes
Companies are abandoning the system due to a deteriorating business environment, and terminations have remained on the increase.
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Pension managers on the brink of a new era
Corporate pension funds in Japan have posted their first positive performance in three years.
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Japan - Uptrend in funds returned to Government
The final tally for daiko henjo (return to the government of welfare pension portion of EPF schemes) in fiscal 2009 has been announced by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
