
TOKYO -- A robotics-focused international equity fund is poised to cross a threshold rarely passed by vehicles not offering monthly income, suggesting a change in what Japanese retail investors look to the stock market for.
Nikko Asset Management's Global Robotics Equity Fund could top 1 trillion yen ($8.99 billion) in assets in February, about 90 billion yen above where it stood as of Wednesday when annual and semiannual settlement versions are totaled.