Could Japan's Aggressive Stock Buyback Spree Slow an Economic Rebound?
Offerings of equities and convertible bonds totaled 720 billion yen over the first nine months of '16 and the trend continues unabated. Its the...
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Tokai Tokyo To Take Takagi in a TOB
After the close today, Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings (8616 JP) announced that it would launch a tender offer to purchase at least 23.318mm shares...
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Minimal Impact From Larger Credit Loss on Toshiba; Maintaining FVE for Major Japanese Banks
On Jan. 19, Toshiba Corp (6502 JP) reported that it will likely book a combined noncash charge of up to JPY 700 billion, mainly for goodwill...
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Markets Expected to Lower Poverty Rate the Most by 2030
Euromonitor International’s Wealth and Income distribution model looks at 50 markets through a measure of income and accumulated wealth. Our model...
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Consensus Rethinks Japan, as Serial Extrapolation Proves Costly
We saw consensus ‘groupthink’ reach new levels in 2016, exacerbated by surging AUM managed in trend following style. Extrapolation remains the...
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