mellon, derrick at bny and the senior economist at berenberg, good to have you with us. let us bring you our mliv question of the day. libor is at its highest rate, signs of funding stress across the globe. what will surging libor due to markets? let us know your thoughts on the bloomberg terminal, where you can read the latest from the team and join the conversation. ♪ >> there are a few considerable issues in relation to the northern ireland backstop. i'm committed to working with eu leaders to resolve these as quickly as possible. there is a lot of hard work ahead. there will be more difficult moments as we enter the final stage in the talks. i am convinced we will secure a good deal in the interest of the u.k. and the european union. >> leaders express a full trust in michel barnier and ask our membership to continue to achieve an agreement. convene they to european council on brexit if negotiator reports signs of progress have been made. >> time is of the essence. we do not have the solution on all fronts. we still have to deal with the ireland situation. there is n

mellon asset bny management, head of japanese equity investment.few female fund managers in japan. welcome to the program. what is the strategy for your fund? thank you for letting us talk about the strategy. i think japan has been out of the spotlight for a long time. japan is changing quite dramatically, especially in terms of women. , our workforce participation has picked up since the start. it took japan about 20 years for women's workforce participation to go from 55 to 60. that is now over 67%. with more women working, you can probably imagine the economic power empowerment of women will lead to some companies to benefit from the environment. companies perform women -- promote women and outperform the market. the growth expectations of the future will increase because of these changes. we first launched -- shery: are there any specific sectors -- miyuki: we don't limit ourselves to specific sectors. you can imagine some of the retail sector. they benefit from more women earning more money and being promoted, which will increase income, as we