Tag: japan

Equities

Croesus Retail Trust draws strong demand for IPO

A Singapore business trust with a portfolio of Japanese shopping malls, Croesus will raise $297 million from the fixed-price offering as investors load up on high-yielding ...

By Anette Jönsson | 3 May 2013

Macro & Markets

S&P warns on Abenomics

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s questions the Japanese prime minister’s ability to achieve needed reforms.

By Nick Ferguson | 24 April 2013

Awards

Japan Achievement Awards 2012: House awards

We present the firms that demonstrated the best track record in Japan during 2012.

By FinanceAsia Editors | 22 March 2013

Awards

Japan Achievement Awards 2012: Best deals

We select the best capital markets, M&A and financing transactions in Japan during 2012.

By FinanceAsia Editors | 21 March 2013

Macro & Markets

Abe brings hope for Japanese equity revival

Not for the first time, analysts are predicting that Japan’s stock market will shake off its long underperfomance.

By Nick Ferguson | 8 January 2013

Polls

It’s not about the oil

China’s claim to the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku islands is compelling, according to our latest poll, but what’s so important about them?

By Nick Ferguson | 25 September 2012

Magazine Highlights

How Japanese innovation could keep tuna on the menu

As more people eat fish globally and concerns about the depletion of natural resources grow, a Japanese company starts cultivating bluefin tuna.

By Aiko Hayashi | 3 August 2012

People Moves

Nomura CEO resigns in wake of insider trading scandal

Both the chief executive and chief operating officer resign from Japan's leading investment bank amid an insider trading scandal.

By Aiko Hayashi | 27 July 2012

Awards

Photos from Japan Achievement Awards cocktails

A selection of photos from the FinanceAsia Japan Awards celebration held in Tokyo last month.

By FinanceAsia Editors | 25 June 2012

Polls

Japan's nuclear future

According to our online poll last week, the Japanese are wrong to turn their backs on nuclear power, which once produced almost a third of its electricity.

By Nick Ferguson | 22 May 2012

M&A

Moelis says Sumitomo relationship going “extremely well”

Rick Leaman, managing partner of Moelis & Company, says the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation tie-up is going well and the firm is planning to add platforms to its asset ...

By Nick Lord | 10 May 2012

People Moves

Mitsubishi UFJ hires Neil Arrowsmith to head Asia debt syndicate

Former RBS syndicate banker Neil Arrowsmith will be based in Hong Kong and is Mitsubishi UFJ's latest hire as it builds its debt platform in the region.

By Denise Wee | 18 April 2012

Macro & Markets

Strong yen hampering Japan's post-earthquake recovery

While the economy shows signs of a comeback, one of Japan’s top executives says the strong yen will likely haunt the country’s exporters for years.

By Aiko Hayashi | 18 January 2012

M&A

Sumitomo Mitsui pays $7.3 billion for RBS Aviation Capital

Sumitomo Mitsui buys RBS's aircraft leasing division as the UK lender continues to sell its non-core businesses.

By Rupert Walker | 18 January 2012

Magazine Highlights

Investor Dialogue: Suchad Chiaranussati

Suchad Chiaranussati, the managing director and founder of private equity firm Real Estate Capital Asia Partners, discusses investment strategies.

By Anette Jönsson | 5 January 2012

M&A

StormHarbour and Asuka DBJ pair up in Japan

StormHarbour announces that Asuka DBJ Partners has become a strategic investor in its Japan securities firm.

By Lara Wozniak | 29 June 2011

Awards

Japan Achievement Awards 2010

We reveal the best deals and houses in Japan during 2010 in our fifth annual Achievement Awards for Japan.

By FinanceAsia Editors | 15 April 2011

Macro & Markets

China will take the nuclear option

A lack of alternative, viable energy sources means China will continue its nuclear programme, argue Apac Resources' Andrew Ferguson and UBS's Peter Hickson.

By Rupert Walker | 1 April 2011

Equities

Japan's SBI Holdings first to sell HDRs in Hong Kong

The internet-based financial services and investment company is looking to raise up to $327 million from a Hong Kong listing through depositary receipts.

By Anette Jönsson | 31 March 2011

Macro & Markets

Banks pledge nearly $30 million in Japan relief effort

Not counting employee contributions, financial institutions across the region are pledging millions of dollars to help Japan recover from the devastating earthquake and tsunami ...

By Lara Wozniak | 16 March 2011

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