Mar
28
High-Risk Investments Make a Comeback in Japan
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2017 uridashi note offerings surge to three-year high: SocGen
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More knock-outs, new sales seen as Nikkei enjoys 17-year highs
Yield-starved Japanese investors are taking out the cash stashed under the futon and plowing it into potentially risky securities.
Faced with domestic bond yields below zero and a rally in global equities that only recently had some wobbles, Japanese retail investors drove sales of bonds tied to the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to the highest in at least three years in January, according to Societe Generale SA…
High-Risk Investments Make a Comeback in Japan