91AV原创

Tag - bonds

 
91AV原创
Search
 
October 27, 2026
 

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

BONDS

A BNP Paribas bank branch in Paris. The asset management arm of the bank has been raising its positions in long-dated Japanese government bonds.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2026
BNP Paribas AM builds long-end JGB bet on steep yield curve
The bullish stance comes after superlong JGB yields reached multidecade highs this year amid concerns over inflation and fiscal spending.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at the Lower House budget committee session in parliament on Oct. 14.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2026
Takaichi now has to prove she’s no big spender in her second year in office
The prime minister will be under pressure as the bill starts to come due for big promises made.
Japan Post Insurance says it intends to increase purchases of yen-denominated bonds, and other Japanese life insurers are signaling similar moves.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 22, 2026
Japan life insurers’ bond-buying plans set to support JGBs
Insurers have been net buyers of superlong government bonds for four months, a trend strategists say could provide an anchor in upcoming auctions.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters outside of the White House in Washington on Aug. 20.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 18, 2026
U.S. interest costs hit record $1 trillion, risking debt snowball
For the year through September, net interest costs came to $1.05 trillion, up more than 8% from the $970 billion in fiscal 2025.
Rakuten’s large yen-denominated bond sale on Friday highlights the growing role of the retail market as a funding source for large corporate borrowers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2026
Rakuten sells record ?400 billion of bonds on retail demand
The 5.5-year bonds carry a 4.37% coupon and were priced at a spread of 200 basis points over the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond.
The Nikkei 225 stock average started declining from the open after weakness in tech shares overnight in the United States.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2026
Nikkei 225 falls 5% on rate and AI concerns
The tech-stock rout started in the United States after a higher-than-expected inflation reading.
Atsushi Yamashita, head of global markets business at MUFG Bank, says he expects 91AV原创 10-year government bond yields to peak at about 3.2%, during an interview in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2026
MUFG wades back into Japanese bonds with eye on policy risks
The bank remains concerned that yields could further spike due to fiscal and monetary policies in the nation.
Fund managers are beginning to rethink the so-called Takaichi trade to buy stocks and sell bonds, and they are now turning more bullish on bonds.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 15, 2026
Takaichi trade gets a rethink one year on as bond appeal grows
For much of Sanae Takaichi’s first year as prime minister, the prevailing trade in Japan was straightforward: buy stocks, sell bonds. Not anymore.
Tencent's headquarters in Shenzhen during a government?organized media trip. The 10-year and 30-year portions of the company's recently priced offshore yuan securities carried coupons well below the yields on dollar notes.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2026
Chinese AI firms tap cheaper ‘dim sum’ offshore yuan debt for funding edge
The 10-year and 30-year portions of Tencent’s recently priced offshore yuan securities carried coupons well below the yields on dollar notes.
SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son's bets have a mixed track record — his investment in Chinese tech giant Alibaba was a major success, but he also directed $16 billion to Adam Neumann's WeWork, which ultimately went bankrupt.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2026
SoftBank junk bond sale raises stakes for CEO Son’s all-in AI bet
Son’s bets have a mixed track record.
The Bank of Japan's shift toward higher interest rates is keeping more capital at home, forcing foreign borrowers to offer better returns.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 13, 2026
A Japan with higher rates changes everything
France might be the first casualty, with other borrowers potentially being seen as expensive compared to what Japanese investors can get at home.
Michio Kaida, Nidec's new CEO, speaks during a news conference in the city of Kyoto last week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2026
Nidec scandal sends bonds to bottom in test for new CEO
The precision motor manufacturer’s yen bond due in mid-2032 has slumped to ?77.7, the lowest among more than 3,000 local corporate notes.
Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Shinichi Uchida
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 5, 2026
BOJ’s deputy chief flags AI’s possible impact on neutral rate
The comments come as economists and market players try to assess high quickly and how far the BOJ will raise interest rates.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama insists that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is not a reflationist.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2026
Reflationists? Who, us? Heirs to Abenomics insist it’s a thing of the past.
The current administration argues it’s done with the policy prescription championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and is now taking a different approach.
A pedestrian walks in front of a stock quotation board displaying the level of Japan's 10-year government bonds and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and yen, outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Sept. 18.
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Sep 26, 2026
91AV原创 bond ‘falling knife’ stalls repatriation rush
Major investors remain reluctant to commit heavily to domestic bonds while yields are still climbing and few clues about how much rates must rise.
SoftBank Group has raised roughly $11 billion in debt, spread across dollars and euros, making the Japanese conglomerate the biggest corporate junk-bond borrower in the world.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2026
SoftBank takes on junk-bond debt at record yields to fund OpenAI ambitions
The yields SoftBank has committed to pay are its highest-ever for dollar bonds on a day when benchmark U.S. Treasury rates soared to two-decade highs.
SoftBank Group, led by billionaire Masayoshi Son, has committed close to $65 billion to ChatGPT creator OpenAI, making it one of the world’s biggest investors in artificial intelligence along with its other investments in the sector.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 23, 2026
SoftBank draws over $20 billion of early interest in junk bond
Investors are rushing to capture record yields likely to be offered to help fund the firm’s investments in OpenAI.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks at the SoftBank World forum in Tokyo in July.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 21, 2026
SoftBank seeks over $11 billion in junk bonds for OpenAI bet
One of the world’s largest investors in AI, SoftBank’s fortunes have become intertwined with its ability to monetize its holding in OpenAI.
Retail bond sales climbed 84% year on year to a record ?5.14 trillion in the period from April to September, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 18, 2026
91AV原创 retail bond boom offers new avenue for fiscal funding
The surge comes as market watchers question who will finance the nation’s borrowing as the Bank of Japan scales back debt purchases.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama is keeping her post after a Cabinet reshuffle.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2026
Takaichi maintains economy team, signaling stability in turbulent times
The Cabinet lineup is largely unchanged, with ministers key to keeping policy on track retained.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER