Japan lures traders back
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Improvements in the economy and deregulation in the financial markets have attracted foreign financial traders back to Japan. Deregulation has allowed Japanese financial firms to hire foreign investment advisers. Japan has allowed deregulation in the financial markets to offet weakness of the country's financial firms to market 'cutting-edge' financial services and products. A number of foreign financial firms are investing heavily in their operations in Japan, hoping to gain on the growing demand for financial services.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 1997
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Nomura takes back scandal-linked Tabuchis as advisers in hope of reversing business slump
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Nomura Securities Co. have rehired two former executives who resigned in 1991 at the height of a series of scandals which rocked the company. Setsuya and Yoshihisa Tabuchi were welcomed back into the company during a directors' meeting in Jun. 1995. The move was defended by company officials by saying that the company needs the management expertise of the two to reverse its finances. The Tabuchis resigned in 1991 amid a big controversy regarding Nomura's violations of securities regulations.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 1995
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Slow pace of deregulation is key reason why analysts like Tokio Marine shares
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Securities analysts are recommending Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company Ltd.'s shares of stock, which are estimated to be trading at 70% of net asset value per share. Property and casualty insurers in general are regarded as fundamentally cheap on any valuation basis because they are protected from stock market and property market crashes by Japan's highly regulated environment. In contrast, other financial firms are regarded as fundamentally expensive.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 1995
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