Musashino Bank (8336 JP): Braking Bad
Musashino Bank (8336 JP) was one of the last regional banks to announce 3Q FY3/2019 results, and they were a nasty surprise: a consolidated net...
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Concordia Financial Group (7186 JP): Out of Focus
CY2018 was not a good year for Concordia Financial Group, Ltd (7186 JP) (CFG), the holding company for one of Japan’s largest regional banks, 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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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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San'In Godo Bank (8381 JP): From Out of the Shadows
Based in Shimane Prefecture, in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, San In Godo Bank (8381 JP) is unique among Japan’s 64 regional banks in...
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