Permanent net fees were flat, which the company described as its strongest quarterly year-on-year performance in more than three years. Management attributed that outcome to particularly strong trading in Japan, which it said is the second-largest permanent business in the group.CFO Andy Beech said group net fees declined 8% year-on-year on a constant currency basis, with trading conditions “largely consistent with the prior quarter.” Contract, which represented 83% of group net fees, declined 10%. Beech sa ...