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  • 2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Nao Sano |Takashi Nakamichi

    Japan’s biggest life insurer said unrealized losses on its domestic bond holdings more than tripled last fiscal year as rising interest rates undercut the value of its portfolio. Nippon Life Insurance Co., which last month outlined plans to reduce its holdings of sovereign debt, said on Friday that paper losses on Japanese bonds swelled to about ¥3.6 trillion ($25 billion) as of March.

  • 2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Nao Sano |Takashi Nakamichi

    The Nippon Life Marunouchi Building, which houses the Nippon Life Insurance Co. Tokyo headquarters. (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s biggest life insurer said unrealized losses on its domestic bond holdings more than tripled last fiscal year as rising interest rates undercut the value of its portfolio.

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Nao Sano |Takashi Nakamichi

    People blame gun violence on different things depending on their political leanings. But Jens Ludwig, an economist at the University of Chicago, has found a different reason behind it. Today, we bring you a story on solutions to gun violence.

  • 1 month ago | chicagobusiness.com | Takashi Nakamichi |Bei Hu

    A talent war is intensifying in the yen rates space, as banks and hedge funds snap up seasoned traders after the biggest market swings in years inflicted widespread losses. Some market players are offering multi-million dollar packages to lure yen rates traders, following a sudden Trump-inflicted selloff which drove Japan’s bond yields to a two-decade high. The flurry of new hires builds on a spate of recruitments that began before the central bank started raising interest rates last year.

  • 1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Takashi Nakamichi |Bei Hu

    Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Japan is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures on Feb. 17. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- A talent war is intensifying in the yen rates space, as banks and hedge funds snap up seasoned traders after the biggest market swings in years inflicted widespread losses.

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