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Optimism balloons from Japan’s reflating economy
Japan leads the world on bullish sentiment in this year’s Analyst Survey as its economy enters a reflating stage unique among developed nations.
Why net zero could be the unlikely answer to Japan’s cross-shareholdings woe
Japan’s push to enhance emissions disclosures has become ensnared in its efforts to reduce cross-shareholdings and may accelerate their unwinding.
India’s hopes for solar dominance dimmed but not extinguished
Two years after setting 2030 solar targets, India is falling behind schedule, but a robust economy and thirst for energy will continue to fuel its solar boom.
Axing the ‘ex-Japan’: a new era for Japanese bonds
Tailwinds from index reform to rate-hike expectations are lifting Japan's bond market from the doldrums, breathing new life into what was a dull backwater.
Japan’s reflating economy is kindling new hopes
Following decades of price stagnation and declines, Japan’s push to bring back “good inflation” is finally bearing fruit. But how sustainable is it?
Selling like hot chilli crab: a look at Singapore’s local bond boom
While debt issuance has slowed around the world, the Singapore dollar bond market is in a pocket of growth driven by policy tailwinds and an influx of funds.
China + 1 = ASEAN: A winning formula
A pandemic, a war and geopolitical tensions have caused global firms to rethink their supply chains, and many are eyeing the ASEAN region.
How China aims to unlock more value from state firms
In a new reform push, China’s policymakers are nudging state-owned companies to boost shareholder returns and capital efficiency.
Field Notes: Robots on the rise in China
As China grapples with a daunting demographic challenge, its industries are upping their game in automating production, a recent Fidelity field trip finds.
Chart Room: Will the renminbi’s stable attraction woo Asian partners?
While the market traditionally focuses on the renminbi’s performance against the US dollar, we think its relationship with Asian peers deserves more attention.
A new golden age for China’s investment sector
China’s investment and wealth management industry is embracing a golden age. The onshore markets will remain an attractive long-term investment destination.
China as a new safe haven?
Looming stagflation and war effects have global investors searching for havens. China represents a less conventional option with diversification benefits.
Chart Room: An inflection point for Chinese equities?
There may be pressure on valuations as international investors adopt a wait-and-see approach, but the long-term outlook continues to be positive.
A podium moment for Japan’s markets, too?
Japan stocks have long been consigned to tactical trading by global investors, but positive catalysts are emerging in a post-Covid inflationary world.
The Investor's Guide to China podcast: China in the world
"Xi Jingping completely changed the mould," says Louis-Vincent Gave, CEO and Founder of Gavekal.
Macau rebound a test case for China’s outbound travel
The ‘Las Vegas of the East’ is betting its long-standing travel bubble with mainland China can endure.
Chart Room: What Japan’s digital transformation means for markets
After years as relative laggards, Japanese companies are diving headfirst into DX, or digital transformation, and investors should take notice.
Chart Room: Stronger for longer for China’s renminbi?
Expectations for further renminbi appreciation have risen, but we think short-term gains could be capped from here.
On the ground with China's ZTO logistics fleet
Fidelity analysts and portfolio managers engage with China's leading logistics company on the ground in Shanghai.
An express dialogue: ESG engagement in China
Fidelity International worked with China’s biggest express-delivery company on sustainable growth.
Rich Pickings podcast: The real workhorse of Asia Pacific
"Emerging growth versus value orientation and corporate governance changes makes for a really attractive region," says portfolio manager Dale Nicholls.
Chart Room: The rapid rise of digital payments in India
The technological transformation of India’s economy has accelerated in recent years, as can clearly be seen in the accelerating shift to digital transactions.
Why India’s ‘fallen angel’ risk is rising
India’s ballooning debt levels amid a structural growth slowdown have raised the risks of an imminent downgrade by credit ratings agencies.
Flows vs friction
Growth opportunities in post-pandemic Asia are set to propel a long-term boom in equity capital markets, as the region draws in ever greater inflows.
What’s ahead for China’s markets in the Year of the Ox
Investors keen to see whether China’s bull market can keep charging ahead in the lunar Year of the Ox will be focused on recovery and monetary policy.
Chart Room: The return of the value super-cycle?
In this week’s Chart Room, we look at both sides of the long-standing debate between value and growth investment styles, as seen from both Europe and China.
China, the West and the rest: how vaccine rollouts are progressing
With little fanfare, China is firing on all cylinders to vaccinate tens of millions of people, even as domestic spread of the virus appears mild.
Chart Room: Chinese stocks, playing catchup, finally retrace 2015 highs
But the rally in China’s main onshore index still lags its US and global counterparts.
Chart Room: China government bond yields catch their breath
Chart Room: China government bond yields catch their breath
Unlocking India’s structural opportunities: 10 charts
Reforms and new infrastructure paving the way for manufacturing investment and employment will be key to unlocking India’s next stage of development.
Chart Room: Asia’s export engine supercharged by new trade deal
Chart Room: Asia’s export engine supercharged by new trade deal
China takes aim at trash
A massive nationwide effort is underway to improve China's waste management systems.
US Elections: As the dust settles
Beyond the elections, the longer-term focus is on the US domestic economy, regionalisation of global trade, and the resilience of emerging and Asian markets.
Growth targets take a backseat in China’s new economic plan
Domestic consumption and technology growth will be prioritised as the government reveals overarching guidelines for the country’s 14th five-year plan.
The hidden dragon of 2020
As global investors scramble to digest paradigm shifts, another change of seismic scale has gone under-noticed in a year full of twists and turns.
Chart Room: Why growth still has room to grow in China equities
The valuation premium for China growth stocks versus value stocks hit a new all-time high, lifted by the consumer, tech and healthcare sectors.
Chart Room: China’s Covid rebound puts the ‘V’ in investment
Fixed asset investment (FAI) in China has recovered to its pre-Covid levels of growth, with infrastructure and property driving the nation’s broader economy.
A to-do list for Japan’s next prime minister
Ensuring fiscal and monetary policy continuity while overseeing Japan's response to the Covid-19 crisis will be top priorities for Shinzo Abe's successor.
Chart Room: The resilience of China’s onshore stocks
China’s onshore stocks (A-shares) have outperformed their Hong Kong and overseas listed counterparts, but their valuations are relatively undemanding.
Why India could be the next breeding ground for tech unicorns
The Silicon Valley giants are shifting their attention to India as the next big growth market.
GEARs: Bursting through the ceiling?
Fidelity International’s GEAR (Gauges of Economic Activity in Real Time) activity indicators continue to rebound strongly.
Chinese banks are due for national service
As governments around the world exhaust their policy arsenals to save economies, China is reaching for a secret weapon unrivaled by most countries.
With nowhere to go, Chinese tourists spend closer to home
Most travel destinations remain off-limits, and as Chinese people’s savings have increased, so has their pent-up demand and desire to treat themselves.
Chart Room: Robots on the rise in a post-Covid world
We think factory automation will accelerate further in a post-Covid world, as machines don’t get sick and can work continuously excluding maintenance.
Covid health code reveals China’s big data edge
A key to China’s success in containing the coronavirus, the health code’s propagation evinces a major advantage in big data development.
Chart Room: Why China government bonds have underperformed other markets
China government bond yields are diverging from other major government bond markets.
Chart Room: Chinese consumers’ growing preference for local brands
The Covid-19 experience is spurring changes in behavior among Chinese consumers. Among these is a growing preference for domestic brands over foreign ones.
Chart Room: Asian equities diverge, creating opportunities
The difference in performance between equity markets in East Asia and South Asia (India, ASEAN nations) is the largest in nearly 15 years.
US-China trade war: The chips are down for tech supply chains
The latest front in the US-China trade war centers on tighter sanctions on the Chinese tech giant Huawei.
GEARs: China roars while the global economy snores
Our Gauges of Economic Activity in Real time (GEARs), a proxy for three-month annualised growth, improved this month but remain in extreme hibernation.
Japanification in 12 charts
Many western economies are mirroring Japan’s experience over the past 30 years.These 12 charts show how some of the key trends are playing out.
Central banks in emerging markets hop on the bond-buying bandwagon
EM central bankers are taking a page from the developed-market playbook and purchasing local bonds as a way to cushion the blow
The end of the journey to the West: Chinese tech firms come home
The tides of global capital markets have turned for Chinese tech firms. Instead of US listings, they are starting to find greater China more compelling.
How India’s economy is navigating Covid-19
As the world begins to come out of lockdowns and economies normalise, India can offer bright spots for emerging market investors.
China’s tourists step out again
Over 100 million travellers in China hit the road over the five-day May Day holiday, the first big test for tourism since lockdowns started being lifted.
The New Economic Order
We believe the Covid-19 crisis will trigger a step-change in policy, accelerate existing trends and transform investment frameworks.
Chart Room: More policy easing supports China bonds
This week’s Chart Room shows how ample liquidity is helping China’s onshore bond markets navigate around global volatility.
A shelter from the storm, for now: China’s bond market set to open further
When global fixed income investors scrambled for cover last month, China’s onshore bond market was a rare haven with low volatility and no liquidity crunch.
China’s economy is turning the corner after a historically bad GDP contraction
China’s economy is turning the corner after a historically bad GDP contraction
Chart room: Japanification and the rise of the widow maker trade
Chart room: Japanification and the rise of the widow maker trade
Delayed demand making its return to China’s property market
New home sales are recovering faster than expected in China. This has big implications for domestic demand and the macroeconomic outlook.
Strong underpinnings to Asia’s investment grade bond market
Asia’s investment grade bond market looks attractive as we continue working through the Covid-19 outbreak, and global coordinated stimulus take effect.
A cautious consumer rebound takes hold in China
Chinese consumers are offering a ray of hope in the economic wreckage from the Covid-19 coronavirus
China and its neighbours reboot supply chains
As China’s economy emerges from lockdown, activity across Asia’s sprawling network of factories, ports and logistics hubs is picking up.
China gets back to business
How fast and how fully activity recovers in China will have huge implications for one of the world’s key economic growth engines.
Outbreak deepens China’s e-commerce push
While the coronavirus threatens to put a dent in China’s overall growth, pockets of the online economy are booming.
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