Asia Calling: From Currency Wars to Competitive Monetary Easing
* The BoJ shocked the market, cutting rates to negative and threatening further rate cuts if needed* The apparent change in BoJ stance has to be...
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Low returns in Japan can not afford impending recession
As Japan enters recession with -1.2% annualized GDP growth in 2Q15 (from +4.5% in first quarter) we need to consider how banks can ill-afford...
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JAPAN: GPIF & Three Public Pensions - Not Done Buying Stocks & Foreign Assets
(19 July 2015) - Last week the GPIF reported its Fiscal 2014 (year to end-March 2015) investment results, asset, and manager allocations. The...
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Unintended Consequences of a Greek Default
Credit spreads for Deutsche Bank and BNP are rising vertically. This is mostly in anticipation of a Greek default.BIS statistics show that Germany,...
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JAPAN: Public Money Flows: Japan Post's Plan to Up Risk
On 1 April 2015, Japan Post Holdings released a "Medium Term Plan" (pdf, Japanese only, 4MB) for its business through FY2017 and Japan Post...
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