Japan Banks – Unloved for Many Reasons
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) offers negative interest rates on monies deposited. Japan’s banks are largely wholesale, with lumpy corporate loans and in...
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Japanese Banks: Beyond the Ides of March
“Beware the Ides of March”: the soothsayer’s repeated warning to ancient Rome’s most famous emperor in William Shakespeare’s play ‘Julius Caesar’. ...
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Mizuho Financial Group (8411 JP): Writing Off the Past
Mizuho Financial Group (8411 JP) (MHFG) has slashed its forecast for FY3/2019 consolidated net profits from ¥570 billion to just ¥80 billion,...
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Mizuho Financial Group (8411 JP): Under Pressure
Results for the nine months to end-December 2018, reported on 31 January 2019 by Mizuho Financial Group (8411 JP), or MHFG for short, reveal the...
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SMFG (8316 JP): On Target But Drifting Off Radar
Consolidated results for the nine months to end-December 2018, announced by SMFG (8306 JP) on 31 January 2019, represented 91% of management’s...
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