Japan
Regional Japan lender dangles megabank pay for market hires
YAMAGUCHI Financial Group, a regional lender headquartered on the western tip of Japan’s biggest island, is considering paying new hires with securities market expertise around the same compensation as...
Bank of Japan sounds out market players before finalising bond-buying cuts
THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) will speak face-to-face with market participants over the next couple of days in key meetings aimed at gauging a realistic pace for a reduction...
Retail investors’ leveraged bets threaten Japan chipmaker stocks
WHILE Japan’s broad Topix index reclaimed its historic high on Thursday (Jul 4), a large build-up of margin buying positions by individual traders is looming as a potential headwind...
Chinese, Indian stocks favoured over Japan in Asia’s second half
EQUITIES in China and India are being touted as potential outperformers in Asia in the second half of the year as investors flock to emerging-market themes.About a third of...
Hunt for Trump-win trades ushers investors back to Japan stocks
DONALD Trump’s growing lead in the US presidential race has sparked a rush to identify the key winning trades in global markets. History suggests that Japanese stocks are a...
Yen slides to fresh lows, market ‘challenges’ Japan authorities to act
The yen traded at fresh 38-year lows against the dollar and a record trough against the euro on Wednesday (Jul 3), as the currency continued its downward grind, with...
Blackstone to sell Japan supplement maker Alinamin to MBK for 350 billion yen: source
PRIVATE equity firm Blackstone is nearing a deal to sell Japanese supplement maker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for 350 billion yen (S$2.9 billion), a...
Japan will remain vigilant to forex moves, finance minister says
JAPANESE authorities will remain vigilant to currency market moves, finance minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday (Jul 2), as the yen continued its downturn to fresh 38-year lows.Speaking in...
