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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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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JAPAN: Three Public Pensions Add Fuel to the Fire
On Friday March 20, Japan's "Other Three" public pensions (Chikyoren, KKR, and Shigaku Kyosai (nota bene: links are to the Japanese sites - each...
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Renesas Electronics Block - Smaller than Recent Deals but Still Likely Well Flagged
Mitsubishi Electric (6503 JP) is looking to raise approximately US$800m through an accelerated secondary block deal, via selling 50.71m shares...
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Bain Bids Up BIG For Hitachi Metals (5486) - Now We Wait
Hitachi has agreed to sell Hitachi Metals to Bain/JIP/JIS. It is a complex transaction designed to get Hitachi out, get minorities a premium, get...
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