Japan pensions primed to pour offshore

Feb 4, 2013

With the yen expected to cease its inexorable rise, retirement plans in Japan may finally look abroad for yield. That will please foreign fund houses.

Despite the meagre returns on Japanese assets in recent years, domestic pension funds have avoided investing more abroad due to the wall of foreign money seeking the safe haven of the yen and driving it ever higher. But that may well change.

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