Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Japan: Nippon Makes Record Overseas Insurance Purchase
Nippon Life Insurance, Japan’s largest private insurer, is spending $8.2 billion on global life insurance firm Resolution Life Group Holdings—marking...
Japan
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Awards
World’s Safest Banks 2024: Country Winners
This year’s country winners successfully navigated a period of high interest rates and high inflation. Now they must adjust as...
Transaction Banking
BNY, Mizuho Announce Partnership On Trade Services
BNY and Mizuho Bank, the oldest banks in the US and Japan, respectively, announced on Sunday an agreement to expand...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Nippon Steel’s Global Strategy Dented By Rebuff
The Japanese giant is betting its growth plans on its U.S. Steel acquisition, but political opposition is derailing the effort....
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Central Banker Report Cards 2024: Asia-Pacific
Australia Michele Bullock: Too Early To Say Reserve Bank of Australia veteran Michele Bullock took the helm as the bank’s...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Canadian Chain Store Giant Eyes 7-Eleven Parent In Japan
Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) has set its sights on Seven & i Holdings, the Tokyo-based parent company...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
The Philippines: New Samurai Bond Issue’s Political Backdrop
The Philippines is looking to Japan to partially finance its ballooning debt as Manila moves to strengthen ties between the...
Banking
Japan Megabanks’ Sale Of Strategic Shares Marks Big Priority Shift
The plan by the Big Three banks to unwind their cross-shareholdings points to a long-awaited turn to better corporate governance....
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Bank Of Japan Ends Negative Interest Rate Policy
When the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced a new short-term interest rate target in the 0% to 0.1% range last...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Japan’s First Sovereign Climate Transition Bonds Debut
Last month, Japan issued the world’s first sovereign climate transition bonds, called Japan Climate Transition Bonds. The new model is...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tsunami Coming?
Nippon Steel’s United States Seal deal suggests the new wave of Japanese acquisitions is more than a blip. Japanese giant...