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BoJ’s pace debate turns Japan’s domestic bond story from politics into relative value.

Opinion

2 Oct 2026

BoJ’s pace debate turns Japan’s domestic bond story from politics into relative value.

The Bank of Japan’s Summary of Opinions from the September meeting, released around 1 October, shows board members debating a faster path of normalisation after the policy rate reached 1.25 per cent, the highest since 1995. For Japanese asset owners the practical question is no longer whether domestic bonds exist as an option. It is whether rising JGB yields and a more active BoJ make home-market fixed income competitive enough to matter inside existing allocation bands.

This Week in Asia: Rates, bands and where capital is actually moving

Analysis

2 Oct 2026

This Week in Asia: Rates, bands and where capital is actually moving

From Tokyo’s policy calendar to private-market under-allocation and another round of private-bank hiring, the week ending 2 October left a clear message for CIOs and heads of allocation. Japan is again a rates-and-governance story, Asia private markets remain structurally under-owned relative to GDP weight, and franchise building in private wealth has not paused.

GPIF vs NPS: Two Giant Policy Mixes, Two Different Problems for Managers

Asset Owners

16 Sep 2026

GPIF vs NPS: Two Giant Policy Mixes, Two Different Problems for Managers

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund continues to operate a four-box listed policy mix, with alternatives limited to 5 per cent inside those boxes. Korea’s National Pension Service has written a 14 per cent alternatives allocation, including private debt, into its 2026 plan. The two funds sit in the same regional coverage universe. Their mandates do not.

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