Welcome back, Mrs Watanabe. The mythical keeper of Japan’s household savings has spent a long time in retreat, selling a net Y3.6tn of foreign securities in the past 18 months amid a strong yen and weak overseas prospects.
But as the effects of “Abenomics” start to trickle down to consumers and private investors in the world’s third-largest economy – and as global recovery hopes brighten – this canny player of global currencies and interest rates is stirring once more.
Fund launches are coming thick and fast in Japan’s investment trust market, which accounts for the bulk of retail investors’ overseas exposures, according to analysts.
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