Japan watchdog seeks penalty for regional banks over bond sales
The agency said the banks sold the bond products without properly checking customers’ investment preference and experience, or explaining the risks involved.
BOJ to hold policy amid election chatter, ex-board member says
The BOJ will refrain from changing its "yield curve control" program while speculation continues to swirl that the prime minister will call a snap election, according to an ex-board member.
MUFG raises ¥570 billion in biggest bond deal this year with bumper coupon
The lender's coupon of 2.127% on the perpetual noncallable 10-year and one-month Additional Tier 1 bonds is the highest on such notes for the bank since 2015.
Toyota may lead transition finance in Japan’s auto industry
The firm has said it is considering transition bonds or loans to finance loan and lease receivables for hybrid vehicle sales.
S&P 'unreasonable,' says SoftBank, after tech giant's rating downgraded
SoftBank criticized the decision and argued that selling off assets like Alibaba in exchange for cash was clearly better for its balance sheet stability.
Ueda looks to avoid fireworks at first BOJ meeting as chief
Ueda and his fellow board members are forecast to keep interest rate and asset purchase settings unchanged at the end of the two-day meeting Friday.
Credit Suisse AT1 bond writeoff hands $1 billion loss to Japan investors
It’s "regrettable” that the fallout from Credit Suisse’s woes affected investors in Japan, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said.
Japan insurer to sell all currency-hedged foreign debt as costs rise
The strategy, among the first to be disclosed by Japanese life insurers this fiscal year, may foreshadow a renewed wave of selling by some of the biggest investors in global bond markets.
IMF says more flexible BOJ yield control can prevent market whiplash
Changes to the yield control policy may affect financial markets through exchange rates, term premiums on sovereign bonds and global risk premiums, the IMF said.
Japan fiscal policy will not rely on BOJ bond buying, says finance chief
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki says the ministry will leave the BOJ to decide monetary policy under new Gov. Kazuo Ueda.
Japan Inc. sells record short bonds amid BOJ tightening bets
Issuance of yen corporate notes due in five years or less reached an unprecedented ¥7.4 trillion ($56 billion) in the fiscal year that ended March 31.
Bond market is overplaying the risk of a deep recession
Explaining the divide has become a Wall Street obsession — an urgent one, given the sway Treasuries hold in models designed to divine the future of inflation and Federal Reserve policy.
