All Japan articles
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Asset Manager NewsIvanhoé Cambridge and Shea Properties Celebrate Completion of Sixth & Jackson in San Jose’s Japantown
The two-building project delivers 518 residences and 19,000 square feet of accompanying ground floor retail space, alongside a recently debuted community park that embodies the region’s cultural significance
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White papersE-Trucking Policy and the Impact on Logistics Real Estate: A Four Country Comparison (U.S., Australia, China, Japan)
The adoption of electric vehicle cars has been on a strong growth trajectory, and the same trend is expected for electric trucking (e-trucking) in advanced economies over the coming decade. This paper reviews policies in four countries (U.S., Australia, China, Japan) that directly or indirectly incentivize the adoption of e-trucking and finds that the U.S. has some of the most extensive policies at the state and local level.
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White papersJapan: Unlocking Hidden Value Through Engagement
Reforms could continue to drive performance, particularly in a small to midcap space that is ripe for engagement-driven capital efficiency gains.
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White papersJapanese reforms ignite investor optimism
The Japanese stock market has enjoyed a resurgence in recent months due to corporate governance reforms and a renewed focus on shareholder value. Shoa Hirosato and Haonan Wu explain some of the key changes and the likely benefits for investors.
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White papersReport Public Engagement Report Q2 2023
The Q2 Public Engagement Report from EOS at Federated Hermes takes an in-depth look at the potential dangers posed by forever chemicals and synthetic pesticides. Plus, Japanese corporate governance reforms and voting season highlights from North America and Europe.
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VideoMegatrends – Non-US
(2:26) Client Portfolio Manager, Nicole Vettise considers why looking outside the US to regions like Japan could yield fresh opportunities.
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White papersA deeper dive into investor engagement with Japanese corporates
Investors in Japanese equities who have earned their credibility through a deep understanding of Japan’s cultural and corporate landscape could find themselves in a unique position where they may add value to companies through engagement. Here we look at two case studies.
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White papersJapan Development Partners IV acquires prime land site in Greater Tokyo for new mega-scale ALFALINK industrial park
GLP ALFALINK Akishima will be the first ALFALINK park to be developed in Tokyo prefecture
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Asset Manager NewsJapan Income Fund grows to JPY 453 billion in capital commitments
Japan’s largest private open-ended logistics real estate core fund continues to attract capital from domestic and global investors
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PodcastThe Many Facets of Japanese Investing
Japan, an outlier across the G10 nations, is truly an intriguing economy. While rates continue to remain high in many other developed markets, the Bank of Japan still employs its accommodative monetary policy and sees a lower impact of inflation. Given this unique backdrop, what can Japan offer to its investors?
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White papersInflation: Tracking the changing trajectory of Japan’s property market
In recent years Japan’s property market has benefited from a benign environment of ultra-low interest rates – but inflation could change this long-entrenched trajectory. Despite this, Regina Lim, Head of Asia Pacific Research at M&G Real Estate, believes the Japanese property market offers opportunity, with the multi-family residential and logistics sectors set to benefit from long-term trends.
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White papersSMAs are here to stay among Japanese LPs
Japanese institutions have continued to utilize separately managed accounts, or SMAs, to gain exposure to private equity. In a recent conversation with Private Equity International, Jonathan Shofet, Global Head of Private Investment Portfolios and Co-Investments, and Yoshi Yagisawa, Managing Director, Private Equity Japan Coverage Team, discussed why they believe the value proposition for SMAs is as high as ever in today’s challenging market environment.
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White papersJapan: Engaging equity opportunities in the land of the rising sun
For active stock pickers, Japanese equities could offer opportunities that are otherwise potentially hiding in plain sight. As corporate governance continues to evolve in Japan, and the doors open to a more shareholder-friendly environment, culturally aware investors who have earned the right to engage may be able to add value and unlock latent potential in the country’s stock market.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL sells office building in London to Obayashi
KGAL Investment Management has sold the office building “60 Gracechurch Street”, with a total lettable space of 11,825 square metres, from one of its closed-end funds.
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White papersAsia ex-Japan: helping clients outperform over the long-term
A contrarian approach involves betting on assets that are not doing well for reasons we consider to be temporary, so that when they recover, we can obtain optimal results.
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White papersEconomies recover against backdrop of growing confidence
Business activity in the UK, Eurozone and Japan has been more resilient than initially expected this month, suggesting economies may escape a more severe recession.
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White papersJapanese Small Caps May Hop in the Year of the Rabbit
Despite their recent outperformance, we believe Japanese small caps have further room to run in 2023 and beyond. In this report, we highlight a few catalysts that could support earnings growth within this relatively under-researched asset class.
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White papersAPAC “Value tracks” and “value traps” in APAC
Population growth and changing lifestyles have increased the propensity to rent amongst urbanites. While the national population of Japan is declining, positive net internal migration has been driving population growth in key cities.
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White papersGoing global: Global real estate through a Japanese lens
Japanese interest rates on hold while they rise elsewhere means that hedging costs have risen for Japanese investors. Going global in real estate continues to bring benefits in terms of reducing concentration risk and tactically benefiting from markets in different phases.
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PodcastBank of Japan: The G-10 Outlier
As economies around the world are dealing with the effects of inflation, we evaluate if there are differences in how central banks globally are managing the major impact to assets.
