Stocks in Japan are primed to outpace global peers this year as improving corporate-governance standards and the central bank¡¯s potential policy normalization burnish the nation¡¯s appeal for foreign funds, according to Man GLG.
Warren Buffett¡¯s most recent endorsement of the market and the end of global rate hikes are also positive catalysts, according to Jeffrey Atherton, head of Japanese equities at U.K.-based Man GLG, a unit of hedge fund Man Group.
¡°Medium term we are very optimistic,¡± Atherton said in an interview last week. ¡°It does seem that the pace of change in Japan is accelerating.¡±
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