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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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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1H16 Better-Than-Expected Results Suggest Earnings Inflection Points; Positive For Japanese Banks
Four major banks under our coverage reported better-than-expected results, indicating an inflection point in their earning structure. In aggregate,...
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Lack of Term Premium Continues to Cost Japanese Banks with Limited Financial Flexibility
The Bank of Japan has just released its semiannual assessment on the financial system with an explicit focus on the negative interest rate...
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Structural Reform II: Political Economy Backdrop
One of the enduring questions regarding Japan’s “lost decades of growth” remains the degree to which failure to grow owes to insufficient...
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