BDMN/BBNP Merger Leads to BDMN Buyout Arb
In December 2017, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (8306 JP) launched a complicated three-step process to acquire up to 40%, then up to 73.8% (or more)...
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Big Banks - A Crisis of Investor Confidence
We analyse the holdings of the world's largest banks by the 255 global equity funds in our analysis. For each region (America/EMEA/Asia), we have...
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Japanese Banks: These Lifeless Things (The Ozymandias Syndrome)
Japanese bank stocks performed so poorly in 2018, with the Topix Bank Index falling 25.7% while the overall market declined by a lesser 16.4%, that...
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Chiyoda: Assessing Risk Management Amidst the Trail of Write-Downs in CB&I's Wake
After Mcdermott Intl (MDR US) announced further write-downs related to the Cameron and Freeport LNG projects at its 3Q earnings, Chiyoda Corp (6366...
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SMFG (8316 JP): Standing Out in a Crowd
Interim results announced by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (8316 JP) on 14 November 2018 represented 68% of management’s full-year target of ¥700...
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