Japan

Investor appetite for equity funds has dropped dramatically, according to the latest figures from The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).

With fluctuating oil prices continuing to make news, Chris Butler, co-manager of the Martin Currie Global Resources fund, looks at the wider supersector.

The yen has plunged against a basket of currencies after the Bank of Japan said the economy lies in a perilous state.

Hans Hamre, head of global equities at FundQuest believes it is only a matter of time before the economic sun rises over Japan again

Standard & Poor's has cut Japan's sovereign rating outlook to 'negative' following the devastation caused by last month's earthquake and tsunami.

Laurent Kssis at LaBranche Structured Products Europe (LSPE) discusses European ETF trades for the week ending 8 April.

The Japanese government has raised the severity of the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant to 7, a rating only previously applied following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

A powerful earthquake today struck north-east Japan on the one-month anniversary of the magnitude 9 quake which left nearly 28,000 people dead or missing.

The FTSE 100 opened higher this morning after a sharp fall yesterday on news Japan had been hit by a second earthquake.

The iShares MSCI Japan index ETF fell 0.6% in midday trading, after Japan was hit by a second earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4, prompting another tsunami warning.