How to access the Japan rally (or are you too late?)

JAPAN

Laura Miller
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Japan has been stuck in deflation for much of the past 20 years. But with a new prime minister, the Bank of Japan's quantitative easing plans, and a buoyant Topix, there are signs the country is turning a corner. So how can your clients get a piece of the action?

Japan - the world’s third largest economy – is the country on everyone’s lips lately, and for good reason. The country’s Topix index is up around 48% since mid-November, and last week recouped losses from the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers amid optimism new leadership in Japan’s government and central bank will do more to beat the country’s deflation. The Bank of Japan has unveiled plans to almost double its government bond buying programme over the next two years from ¥4trn to ¥7trn (£46bn) in a bid to kick-start the stagnant economy. This followed an announcement from the new P...

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