HC Picks 78

August 3, 2016
by Investment in Japan

Policies and business activities related to Japan investment opportunities

 

Policy

Warning From Tokyo: Don’t Let Bank Regulators Create Another Japan
“Regional Banks and Asset Management Businesses likely to be keys of FSA guideline 1609.”

 

BOJ

Japan responds to Brexit shock with record stimulus package
“Guardian wondering how to boost economy”

Abe goes all in with $266bn stimulus package
“Nikkei questioning the path to rebuilding fiscal deficit.”

 

Recent News

 

Business

MUFG Acquires Rydex Fund Services from Guggenheim Investments
Lupin to buy branded drugs from Shionogi in Japan expansion

 

Policy

Japan Considers Issuing 50-Year Debt for First Time
Mitsui to invest in growing Asia hospital business
Japan government plans direct spending of about 7 trillion yen in stimulus package
Shinzo Abe’s fiscal stimulus talk puts onus on Bank of Japan to ease

 

GPIF

Japan’s Public Pension Fund to Launch Forum With Major Japanese Companies
Japan’s GPIF posts $51.3 bln investment loss amid market turmoil
Japan Pension Whale’s $52 Billion Loss Tied to Passive Ways
GPIF suffers 3.81% loss: its first loss in five years

 

Economy

Abe’s plan for $265 billion in stimulus puts pressure on BOJ to ease
Japan PM Abe says stimulus package sized over 28 trillion yen
What Japan’s Economy Needs
Pressure for BOJ easing intensifies as economy minister urges action

 

Market

Japan: The Newest Bitcoin Price Influencer?
JPX: Japan’s ETF market still has room for growth

 

BOJ?

Under government pressure, Bank of Japan mulling specific steps for easing
Japan central bank adds stimulus, cites global uncertainties
‘Helicopter money’ talk takes flight as Bank of Japan runs out of runway