CashNews.co (Bloomberg) — Japanese stocks rose after the nation’s new prime minister damped speculation about another interest-rate increase, weakening the currency. Oil gained for a third day on Middle East tensions. Most Read from Bloomberg The yen fell to a more than one-month low against the dollar, extending its 2% decline Wednesday, its worst day […]
The man behind Japan’s $170bn bid to prop up the yen #JapanFinance
CashNews.co For several years, Masato Kanda hardly slept. “Three hours a night is an exaggeration,” he laughs as he speaks to the BBC from Tokyo. “I slept for three hours consecutively before being woken up but I then went back to bed, so if you add them up, I got a bit more.” So why […]
Yen rattled by Japan PM’s ‘unseemly’ rate comments #JapanFinance
CashNews.co By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Japanese markets, particularly the foreign exchanges, continue to digest the rather blunt comments on monetary policy from new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba after he met with Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda on Wednesday. “I do not believe that we […]
Japan Firms Rush Past Global Peers in Hunt for Dollar Funds #JapanFinance
CashNews.co (Bloomberg) — Companies in Japan are rushing to sell dollar bonds, marking one of the biggest increases in issuance this year among major economies as investors brace for diverging monetary policy. Most Read from Bloomberg Targeting a larger investor base away from the home market, Kyushu Electric Power Co. became the latest Japanese issuer […]
Podcast Highlights: Driving financial markets modernization in Japan | by Norbert Gehrke | Tokyo FinTech | Sep, 2024 #JapanFinance
CashNews.co 1. Chino-san’s Motivations for Transitioning from Traditional Finance to Crypto Chino-san’s career journey reflects a deep-seated commitment to improving the financial landscape. Starting at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, he realized the Japanese financial market lagged in innovation and efficiency. He felt a strong urge to modernize the system and introduce cutting-edge technology to deliver […]
What Is A Private Markets Unit Trust? (Video) – Fund Finance – Finance and Banking #JapanFinance
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Analysis-Futures in Japan face hangover from BOJ’s bond-buying binge #JapanFinance
CashNews.co By Junko Fujita and Tom Westbrook TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japan’s $9 trillion bond market is bracing for disruption as a shortage of paper caused by the central bank’s massive buying is expected to hit the settlement of derivatives used by investors and the dealers who underwrite the nation’s debt sales. Decades of fighting deflation […]
Japan’s Ishiba Appointed Premier, Pledges To Beat Deflation #JapanFinance
CashNews.co (Bloomberg) — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, speaking in his first press conference as national leader, pledged to keep up efforts to decisively end deflation and called on the Bank of Japan to keep an accommodative policy to support efforts to boost prices and growth. Most Read from Bloomberg “The Japanese economy is […]
Japan’s central bank survey underpins optimism about growth #JapanFinance
CashNews.co TOKYO (AP) — Business sentiment among Japan’s large manufacturers stood unchanged in the latest quarter from the previous quarter, according to a closely watched survey called “tankan” released Tuesday. The Bank of Japan survey put the benchmark index at plus-13 for the July-September quarter, the same from the previous survey conducted for April-June. A […]
Japan finance minister Suzuki says forex levels should be determined by markets #JapanFinance
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