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Japanese credit default swap spreads tighten as liquidity returns
Japanese credit default swaps were generally tighter this week, as more participants came back to the market, putting an end to several weeks of illiquidity during the holiday season.
Tokyo-Mitsubishi replaces European derivatives head
Tokyo-Mitsubishi International, the international investment banking arm of Japan’s Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTM), has made its New York head of capital markets, Shingo Ninomaru, head of financial derivatives and securitisations in London.
Japan credit default swap spreads tighten despite falling stock market
Credit default swap spreads in Japan continued to tighten this week, despite the equity market benchmark Nikkei index closing down every day since Monday, ending at 8,516.07, 347.19 points or 4% down on the week.
Weak yen helps cheapen protection on Japanese exporters
A weaker Japanese yen earlier this week lifted market sentiment on the financial prospects of Japanese export companies, which caused their credit protection costs to narrow up to 20 basis points.
Asian high-yield bonds should prove a safe haven for 2003, says ING
Healthy economic growth in Asia and continued demand for Asian bonds from Asian investors – known as the ‘Asian bid’ – should immunise Asia’s high-yield bond market next year from the default problems plaguing the global corporate bond market in 2003,…
Client-driven credit default swaps business dries up in Japan
Trading volumes in Japanese credit default swaps were about one quarter of typical levels this week, with spreads tightening in a similar manner to that seen in Europe and the US.
Delay to Japanese bad-loan proposals stymies bank swaps trading
The decision by the Japanese government this week to delay the release of drastic proposals to tackle the country’s decade-long, non-performing loan problem, caused protection on Japanese bank debt to trade slightly wider, with bid-offer spreads…
BTM transfers derivatives teams to securities house
Japan’s Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTM) is in the process of transferring its derivatives operations to its newly formed securities house subsidiary, Mitsubishi Securities, in an attempt to provide a wider array of structured products to investors.
Japanese credit default swaps liquidity dries up
Trading in credit default swaps in Japan remained largely directionless this week in the absence of any significant end-client flow, and amid continued uncertainty regarding the government’s plans for the country’s ailing banks.
Japanese credit spreads widen on corporate bankruptcy fears
Credit protection on Japanese corporate debt widened this week, as a number of hard-line reformers were appointed to a banking task force committee by Heizo Takenaka, the newly appointed head of the Financial Service Agency (FSA), the country’s financial…
Japanese bank spreads tighten on possible state capital injection
Spreads on Japanese bank credit default swaps continued to tighten this week following speculation that the government may inject capital into the country's ailing banking system. The move would help banks combat their disposal of spiralling bad loans,…
Japanese bank credit spreads tighten on central bank bailout
Credit protection sellers in Tokyo welcomed the Japanese authorities’ plan to buy shares from the banks to help stop the deterioration of banks’ financial ratios due to the fall in stock prices, helping Japanese bank credit default swap spreads end the…
WRMA adds to Asian presence
The Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA), the Washington DC-based trade association for the weather derivatives market, has added Hiroshi Matsui of Mizuho corporate bank to its board of directors, and named Hironori Kamezawa of The Bank of Tokyo…
Japanese credit spreads resilient despite poor equity market
Japanese credit default swaps remained surprisingly resilient this week, despite continued weakness in stock markets and negative corporate news, dealers said. They added that trading remained within a tight range throughout the week, brushing off, or…
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi to use OpVar on a global basis
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTM), the Japanese banking institution, plans to use OpVar, the operational risk management application, on a global basis. OpVar was developed by US risk software firm OpVantage, which Fitch Risk Management bought earlier this…
Japan Credit Markets Update: New convertible issues push spreads wider
Convertible bond issues by Japan’s largest leasing company, Orix, and its biggest trading house, Mitsubishi, drove Japanese credit default swap spreads wider this week in an otherwise quiet market.
Japan resumes NPLs reduction drive
The Resolution and Collection Corporation (RCC), entrusted by the Japanese government to help reduce Japanese banks’ major non-performing loan (NPL) problems, has concluded its first securitisation deal this year. An RCC spokesperson said the transaction…