News & Insights

[EXTERNAL LINK] In this article with Funds Global Asia, Tetsuro Takase, senior stewardship officer at SuMi TRUST, discusses how corporate governance is changing in Japan, what this means for cross-shareholding, and how this is leading the shift towards more effective strategic investments for sustainable long-term growth.

[EXTERNAL LINK] In this article with Wealth Briefing Asia, Hiroyuki Ueno, senior economist at SuMi TRUST, shares his view on Japan's growth outlook in 2023.

[EXTERNAL LINK] In this article with Investment Week, Katsutoshi Inadome, Senior Strategist at SuMi TRUST, shares his predictions for the global economy and the future of interest rates and central bank policy.

[EXTERNAL LINK] SuMi TRUST won Asia Asset Management's award for Best REITs Manager (Japan) for the second time, in recognition of its Japan Quality REIT Strategy (JQR). Find out what Shigemitsu Kurihara, Chief Portfolio Manager of the Japan Quality REIT Strategy, has to say in this recent publication with Asia Asset Management.

TOPIX rose for the fourth consecutive month. The Japanese equity market edged up in the beginning of the month in spite of disappointing US economic indicators. Towards the latter half of the month, the Japanese equity market closed higher after the BOJ reconfirmed its commitment to its ultra-loose monetary easing policy.

[EXTERNAL LINK] Katsutoshi Inadome, Senior Strategist at SuMi TRUST, recently shared his perspective on the Bank of Japan's decision to maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy at its recent monetary policy meeting.

[EXTERNAL LINK] Katsunori Ogawa, Chief Portfolio Manager of the Japan Sakigake Strategy, introduces two of the best Japanese travel and tourism stocks in this article with Forbes Advisor.

[EXTERNAL LINK] Yoshiki Takeda, Senior Portfolio Manager of the SuMi TRUST Active Asian Equity strategy, joins a roundtable of economists to discuss Asia's growth potential amidst the rise in recent geopolitical issues in the latest article by The Banker.

TOPIX rose for the third consecutive month. The Japanese equity market rallied in the beginning of the month on expectations of a steady recovery in economic activity in China. However, it fell sharply on concerns over the financial system in the U.S. and Europe.