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BANKS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2023
Bad timing as Japan hosts this year's first bank IPO
Amid ongoing global financial turmoil, Tokyo-based SBI Sumishin Net Bank shares were priced at the bottom of a range at ¥1,200 each against an expected price of as high as ¥1,260.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2023
Don't make the same mistake as SVB with your 401(k)
Treasuries aren’t always the safest asset in your portfolio. Your risk depends on the type of bond and what you need the money for.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2023
First Republic rescue may rely on Washington's backing to reach a deal
As part of efforts to ensure there isn’t another U.S. bank failure, the government could play a role in lifting out assets currently eroding the bank’s balance sheet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2023
U.S. regional banks and regulators try to soothe depositors’ fears
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has expressed confidence in the nation’s banks and suggested that the government would step in to protect smaller lenders if needed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2023
SVB’s failure endangers more than just money
Before SVB’s collapse, the bank was “critical to spurring greater competition and creativity” in the U.S. defense industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 21, 2023
Safe havens and risk assets both rise as banking woes shift Fed expectations
The unusual cross-currents come as the financial distress that started earlier this month has spread to Europe, with investors on edge about the health of the financial system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 21, 2023
2008 bank crisis survivors remember how fast dominoes can fall
Comparisons to that episode have become a little harder to ignore, although authorities are better equipped today to deal with stress in the financial system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2023
Just who is to blame for this new banking crisis?
In 2018, U.S. lawmakers loosened banking regulations on the spurious grounds that smaller banks do not pose systemic risks to the stability of the financial system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 20, 2023
Case for Fed pause builds following crisis-echoing move on swaps
To be sure, the decision on whether to pause or hike remains a tough call.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 20, 2023
UBS swallows doomed Credit Suisse, casting shadow over Switzerland
The transaction — the first rescue of a global bank since the financial crisis of 2008 — grants enormous clout to UBS, ridding it of its main rival.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2023
The key takeaways from UBS Group’s historic Credit Suisse deal
UBS is paying 3 billion francs ($3.24 billion) for its battered rival in a deal aimed at avoiding a broader financial crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Fed faces calls to pause tightening amid fears of banking crisis
Investors are currently pricing a 60% probability that the Fed will raise rates by 25 basis points.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2023
Nomura sets even lower goals for women in leadership roles
Nomura International, the Japanese lender’s London-based investment bank, previously said it wanted 19% of senior management positions to be held by women by 2022 but missed the mark.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Mar 18, 2023
The Fed was too late on SVB even though it saw problem after problem
The relatively late discovery of a number of flaws in SVB's operations raises questions about whether the Fed was diligent in stepping up oversight as the firm was ballooning in size.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2023
Where will startups turn to now that SVB is gone?
Silicon Valley Bank played an important role in financial innovation tied to the world’s tech hub. Its demise could be profound.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2023
Largest U.S. lenders toss First Republic Bank a lifeline
Over two days of frantic phone calls, meetings and some arm-twisting, the CEOs of 11 banks have agreed to chip in a total of $30 billion to save the troubled lender.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2023
Credit Suisse got its lifeline. Now it needs to win back clients.
The battered bank received a $54 billion loan from the Swiss government after net outflows hit $119 billion in the 4th quarter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 17, 2023
‘Seek-and-destroy’ markets pile pressure on global central banks
With the Fed meeting looming next week, markets will remain on edge for a while yet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 17, 2023
Fed expected to hike rates a quarter point next week, according to economist survey
Worries in the aftermath of the SVB and Signature Bank failures have led markets to a broad repricing of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest-rate path.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 16, 2023
From Credit Suisse to Silicon Valley Bank, lenders' woes abroad rattle Asian markets
In Tokyo, shares in mega-banks, the Nikkei average and the broader Topix were all down Thursday amid fears of a banking crisis.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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