Eighteenth Bank (8396 JP) Integration with FFG (Finally) Approved - Ratio Undecided
J. Brian Waterhouse this weekend covered the Japan Fair Trade Commission approval of the Eighteenth Bank (8396 JP) and Fukuoka Financial Group...
370 Views
Fukuoka Financial Group (8354 JP): Southern Comfort
It has taken some 30 months of waiting, two postponements, the threat of a ‘cease and desist order’ (which would have been the first such order...
351 Views
Eighteenth Bank (8396 JP): 18th Nervous Breakdown
If a Japanese regional bank were independent, profitable, and had the leading market share for loans and deposits in its home prefecture, why would...
358 Views
Japan: Results & Revisions Update - Slowing Momentum Confirmed
DOUBLE-DIGIT YOY GROWTH BUT RISING COSTS A CONCERN- 27% of Japanese listed companies reported earnings results last week. In aggregate, the group...
317 Views
Concordia FG (7186.JP): An Embarrassment of Riches
Most foreign institutional investors will likely be unfamiliar with the name Higashi-Nippon Bank (HNPB), a small Tokyo-based secondary regional...
431 Views