Japan
Best in Japan - HSBC
HSBC entered the Japanese structured products business as recently as 2008, but its range of top-drawer products has succeeded in capturing a significant chunk of the market despite the financial crisis and the damage caused by some banks mis-selling…
ETF Securities debuts commodity funds on Tokyo Stock Exchange
ETF Securities has launched a new platform in Japan for physically backed precious metal commodities exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Five funds began trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on August 24.
ETF Securities launches Japanese platform for commodities funds
ETF Securities has launched a new platform in Japan for physically-backed precious metal commodities exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Five funds began trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today.
Yen for yield
Inflation
Benefits of Basel II
Regulation
Japan's Aozora Bank raided following insider-trading tip-off
Losses & Lawsuits
Yen for yield
The Japanese government inflation-linked bond market has received a severe battering over the past year. The resulting dislocation has prompted the Ministry of Finance to consider restructuring the market, but what options are on the table? Matt Cameron…
Foreign exchange
Calm and considered
Firefighting to fire prevention
Risk Japan 2009
Japan's Nomura posts record $7.3 billion loss
Losses and Lawsuits
Building on Basel II
Editor's letter
Japan and EU meet for high-level talks
Daily news headlines
Japanese brokers face testing times
Plummeting volumes in Japan's commodity futures markets have forced many Japanese commodity brokerages out of business. Katie Holliday reports
Japanese exchanges move to set up CCPs next year
Risk mitigation systems for over-the-counter derivatives set to go live in 2010
Exploiting Japan's renegade repos
Japanese equities
Yen weakens as carry trades unwind, yen and equities decorrelate
The unwinding of yen carry trades and the de-correlation of the yen with equity markets, as well as wider economic factors, have all been linked to the yen's decline over the past month.
Swap stabilisers
Editor's letter
Best in Japan - BNP Paribas
Structured Products Asia Awards 2008
Japanese regulators release better regulation strategy
Daily news headlines