The most used and abused phrases of 2013

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The media and markets’ love of neologisms can obscure the investment reality New global themes and trends, usually relayed and reinforced by the 24-hour news cycle, have a funny way

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Standard Life Investments Select Property Fund sells in Australia to reinvest in Japan

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Standard Life Investments Select Property Fund has completed the sale of 82 Eagle Street – a prime asset in Brisbane, Australia – to Japanese property group, Jen Retail Properties Ltd

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Nikko AM: Japan corporate profitability reaches new historical high

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Recurring pre-tax profit margin for the 2nd quarter 2013 reached a record high Reflationary psychology spurred 3rd quarter personal consumption levels to more than 2% year-on-year Wage growth is key

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Nikko AM: Japan household financial net worth at record high, result of the ‘Abenomics Wealth Effect’

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The latest research from Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM), a related company to Tyndall Investment Management Limited (Tyndall AM) shows that Abenomics is exceeding its targets and consensus expectations on

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It Didn’t Pay to Sell in May

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The old stock market adage “sell in May and go away” proved to be a losing strategy in 2013, with the Australian share market producing a total return of 7.31%

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Nikko AM’s Global Investment Committee updates house view, maintains overweight equities stance

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Nikko AM’s Global Investment Committee (GIC), which consists of senior investment professionals from the group’s global offices, has updated its views on the global economic situation, financial markets and asset

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Mid-year market review and outlook: Tapering is not tightening but valuations continue to favour equities over bonds

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At the start of the year, we forecast a challenging macroeconomic outlook for 2013, continued downside risks, and we expected interest rates to stay lower for longer. In terms of

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Super-Abenomics: surprising speed of reform ahead

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The Japanese Upper House election held on Sunday 21 July was a true test of the country’s attitude to ‘Abenomics’. The result was resounding support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo

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Result of Japanese election means stronger and faster reform

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  The outcome of Japan’s election yesterday (Sunday 21 July 2013), which has seen prime minister Shinzo Abe win control of the powerful upper house, will allow a “Super-Abenomics” strategy to be

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