institutions hints: Individuals were net buyers in July for the first time since November 2011, according to TSE data, according to The Japan Times. They invested a combined 52 million 476,000 a turnaround that strategists say is likely to have continued in August. ; While the size of investment is dwarfed by the 8.7 billion in net purchases by other financial institutions, the increased presence of retail investors in a 10.4 trillion market that has traditionally been a place for institutions hints at a growing appetite for alternative investment vehicles among Japanese citizens whose world-beating longevity means decades of retirement. Encouraged by the relatively lucrative returns, an increasing number of retail investors are putting their money in some of 58 publicly traded REITs tracked by the Tokyo Stock Exchange's gauge. Seniors in their 70s accounted for 17 percent of total J-REIT investments by individuals for fiscal 2016, according to a survey conducted by IB Research & Consulting Inc. People 60 years old or more accounted for 45 percent in total, according to the company. That's the highest proportion since it started compiling the data in 2012.
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