Coverage of the 2011 Global Investment Conference.
For years, many investors have tended to dismiss Japan as a low-growth economy. All that is changing according to Donald Farquharson, Manager, Japanese equities with Baillie Gifford. During the Global Investment Conference, he sat down with Sauder School of Business’ Ronald Giammarino and gave us his perspective on why Japan is positioned for growth in the future. Click on the image to listen to the conversation and hear what he has to say.
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