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Yen for yield
The Japanese government inflation-linked bond market has received a severe battering over the past year. The resulting dislocation has prompted the Ministry of Finance to consider restructuring the market,...
TOKYO - Japanese regulators are investigating a possible case of insider trading at Aozora Bank. The Japanese Securities and Exchange Commission raided the bank's headquarters in central Tokyo and questioned...
Whether its news about the market and its regulators, the movement of people or the introduction of some new twist packaged in a rinky dink product, the Structured Products timeline offers a brief snapshot...
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Asia's dominant economies, Japan and China, which together account for approximately two-thirds of the region's GDP, are playing a central role in bringing stability to Asia and promoting further integration through increased trade, capital flows and...
Building on Basel II
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision will embrace its expanded membership during the coming month. New members include Argentina, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa and Turkey. As an expanded entity, the Basel Committee...
Japan's Nomura posts record $7.3 billion loss
TOKYO - Japanese investment bank Nomura has announced a Yen709.4 billion ($7.3 billion) annual loss for 2008. The bank says the losses are a result of the financial turmoil and the cost of buying the European, Middle East and Asian operations of Lehman...
Firefighting to fire prevention
Strong risk management and pragmatic incentives have left Japanese financial institutions better off than their peers in other developed economies. As a result, risk managers and policymakers attending Risk Japan 2009 are switching their attention from...
Japan and EU meet for high-level talks
A meeting to discuss financial services and macroeconomic developments took place between Japan and the EU in April, with a second round of talks scheduled for May
Japanese exchanges move to set up CCPs next year
Japanese exchanges and clearing groups are pushing forward with plans to develop central counterparty clearing (CCP) facilities in the world's second-largest economy. One initiative is being put forward by the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC)...
Japanese brokers face testing times
Plummeting volumes in Japan's commodity futures markets have forced many Japanese commodity brokerages out of business. Katie Holliday reports
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