such as meals out and tickets for galleries or tours.The company is being split in two,with assets such as its aluminiumand nickel mines being hived off into a new group South32 mainlybased in the Southern hemisphereSo-called core assets including ironore copper petroleum and somecoal mines will remain with theoriginal businessShareholders will be given stockin both companies and Mackenziesaid at an update last November that he remained committed tomaintaining or improving the dividendthis yearBecause dividend yields rise whenshare prices fall the three stocksnow have impressive yields with BP offering 63 per cent BHP6 per cent and Shell 59 per centBP and Shell both have Decemberyear-ends so they will be reportingtheir 2014 results and updatinginvestors on dividend plans in a coupleof weeks?? time BHP has a Juneyear-end so Mackenzie will revealinterim figures in February thoughthe full-year dividend payment will not be unveiled until AugustStandard Chartered our fourthnew Dog can also attribute some ofthe blame for its share price performanceon external factors As abank specialising in emerging markets?announced last year that hundreds? and a programme of business reforms.'In local currency terms at least the Nikkei index was one of the better performers in 2014 although for overseas investors the benefit was offset by a slide in the value of the Japanese currency' says Tom Stevenson of Fidelity'Looking ahead we remain positive on the outlook for Japanese shares Signs of a tighter employment market are emerging which should see real wages improve after years of stagnation'The third arrow of structural reforms (always the hardest and slowest to implement) is beginning to hit its mark with new stewardship and corporate governance codes promising a greater focus on shareholder returns and capital efficiency'Stevenson tips the and fundsAdrian Lowcock of AXA Wealth says that 2014 didn??t go according to plan for Japan but also points to some positives for investors'The sales tax introduced in April backfired as spending and growth were bought forward for the economy to nose dive after the tax was introduced The effect was significant Japan entered recession the Bank of Japan delivered a further round of quantitative easing and prime minister Shinzo Abe announced and won a snap election in December'He has the support of the people and there is clearly change going on The Japanese business leaders really do believe that Shinzo Abe will do whatever it takes to create inflation CEOs have never been as positive as they are right now'There is still the need for structural reform but sentiment has changed the feeling is that this will now happen Companies are now also thinking about shareholder returns in a way that has not happened in recent years which is very positive'Lowcock tips the fundBen Gutteridge head of fund research at wealth manager Brewin Dolphin says: 'We retain a positive outlook for the Japanese equity market going into 2015'Our central thesis is that the unparalleled cohesion demonstrated between prime minister Shinzo Abe and the Bank of Japan to help stimulate and reflate the Japanese economy will continue to weaken the yen and lift equity markets'For investors wishing to participate in this trade we would highlight the fund and given our expectation for a weaker currency would recommend purchasing the hedged share classAsian giants: India set to overtake China in growth stakes by 2016'India has been riding on a wave of optimism following ' says Lowcock 'The country has elected a pro-business leader looking to remove red tape and invest in India??s infrastructure and manufacturing?'Stevenson says the coming year looks like being 'a severe stress test' for those governments which have failed to fix the roof while the commodity sun was shining, Samuel L.

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