On Clients' Minds - Asia

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On Clients' Minds - Asia

ASIA-PACIFIC | Asia Insights EquityJuneResearch12, 2026

On Clients' Minds - Asia Global Insights: GEM - In Case You Missed

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We are pleased to present a selection of research from across the region

Europe Insights: In Case You Missed It...that was of greatest interest to readers over the past week. This includes

select top-down pieces, stock and sector research, plus the most-read US Insights: [Video] Weekly Jumpstart:

research from our Asia co-brand partners. Rate Debate, Mega IPOs and Extel - Oh My!

On Clients' Minds - Japan

The most-read strategy and economics research this week...

GREED & fear AI remains all the rage in markets. But there are still two wars going on. On the

Iran conflict, Tehran announced on Monday that it was pulling out of the negotiations with the

US and since then hostilities have resumed. This follows countless Washington-based stories,

most of them published by Axios, reporting that a deal was about to occur.

Global Quantitative Strategy EM returns have never been more concentrated, and the recent

correction should ease the crowding. Momentum unwinding has also been at the forefront

as AI stocks fell again. We still find AI's earnings robust, but momentum as a style could be

subdued amid upcoming AI-related mega fund-raising and rate-hike risks. We screen for high-

momentum, high-vol stocks with solid revisions vs those with downgrades. We also screen for

sustainable high-yield, low-vol stocks.

Japan Quantitative Strategy Japan’s return concentration is near a 25-year extreme. History

shows that broadening tends to coincide with lackluster market performance and decisive

style rotation from high to low beta, momentum to reversion and large to small caps. This