Tag: japan

View Point

Evidence at the CLSA Japan forum suggests that economies have no choice but to turn inwards and become self-sufficient.

By Dan Slater | 26 February 2009

Awards

Day 2: Achievement Awards 2008 – Japan

Today we honour the best banks operating in Japan. A full write-up of the winners will appear in the FinanceAsia Japan Supplement published in April.

By The Editors | 20 February 2009

Awards

Day 1: Achievement Awards 2008 – Japan

Today we honour Japan's best capital markets deals in 2008. The best houses will be announced tomorrow.

By The Editors | 19 February 2009

View Point

What Japan's restructuring missed: a social security net

Barely a decade after stripping hundreds of thousands of workers of their social status and benefits, the current recession in Japan is putting labour protection back in the ...

By Dan Slater | 18 February 2009

View Point

Japan fading

Japan's economy has improved little since its bubble burst 20 years ago, suggesting it is time for policymakers to introduce some capital markets-inspired dynamism.

By Dan Slater | 15 August 2008

Cash

Citi and Oracle team up in Japan

The new cash management partnership will offer Japanese clients an end-to-end solution and help them to conform to new J-Sox compliance requirements.

By Nina Mehra | 28 May 2008

View Point

Japan ponders reinvention as global financial hub

An ageing population and slowing growth makes a dynamic finance sector attractive, says government adviser Takatoshi Ito.

By Dan Slater | 18 April 2008

View Point

Japan’s property blues

Japan’s property market is turning lacklustre after several years of growth, but there are some good buys for the cash-rich investor.

By Dan Slater | 15 April 2008

Awards

Part two: FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2007/2008 – Japan

We honour the best bank, structured product house, domestic and international financial law firm, cash management house and trade finance house.

By Dan Slater | 7 April 2008

Awards

FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2007/08 – Japan

We honour the best securities houses and deals in Japan for 2007/2008.

By The Editors | 3 April 2008

View Point

Credit crunch: Japan’s lessons for the US

Japan’s experience in the 1990s shows that a credit crunch can destroy wealth and dampen growth in the real economy for years. The US won't be immune.

By Dan Slater | 10 March 2008

Book Review

How Japan created its own lost generation

Written by an intelligent and scrupulous journalist, Shutting out the Sun, is a worthwhile read. The book's defect is that it confuses value judgments with rational argument.

By Dan Slater | 10 January 2008

Equities

APL Japan Trust pulls Singapore IPO

The management postpones its listing until next year fearing poor secondary market performance. The decision coincides with a 14% drop by Saizen Reit on its debut.

By Anette Jönsson | 12 November 2007

View Point

Japanese banks still don't stack up to global peers

The fate of the consumer finance companies reflects the distorted nature of the Japanese banking system.

By Dan Slater | 31 October 2007

View Point

Japan looks for ways to counter China threat

Japan is looking to the UK and its own past to find the right economic and social model to counter China, says a senior Japanese commentator.

By Dan Slater | 22 October 2007

M&A

M&A’s gain is ECM’s loss in Japan

Is equity capital markets activity drying up because Japanese executives are waking up to the perils of M&A?

By Dan Slater | 9 October 2007

Equities

Could Sony Financial re-open Japan’s IPO market?

JPMorgan and Nomura pull off an unlikely coup as Sony's insurance unit raises $3 billion in a deal that could stimulate Japan’s stagnant IPO market.

By Dan Slater | 4 October 2007

View Point

Koizumi to return to power by spring, says Rheinwald

CLSA analyst Stefan Rheinwald predicts a return to power for Koizumi by spring 2008 and the Nikkei to hit 23,000 points.

By Dan Slater | 20 September 2007

View Point

Is Japan’s resurgence already over?

The prime minister’s resignation and disappointing economic figures are dulling Japan’s recent lustre.

By Dan Slater | 14 September 2007

Business Moves

GIC Real Estate forms joint venture in Japan

Singapore's GIC Real Estate plans to invest $1.3 billion in property in Japan over the next two years through a joint venture with Sumitomo.

By Sameera Anand | 25 May 2007

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