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Japan pension funds’ flight overseas posing challenges

Hans Poulsen
Low yields on local government bonds have led Japanese corporate pension funds to diversify into foreign assets. But they face new challenges offshore too.
Japan pension funds’ flight overseas posing challenges

Japan’s corporate pension funds are abandoning the safe harbour of Japanese government bonds (JGBs), but in their search for more attractive yields and greater diversification they must increasingly consider new challenges such as currency risks and spreading economic weakness.

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