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Nikkei Asia
14-05-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Top Japan life insurers on guard against rising ultralong yields
TOKYO -- Dai-ichi Life Insurance and Nippon Life Insurance, two of Japan's biggest institutional investors, are navigating choppy waters churned up by the Trump administration's fast-changing tariff policy and a jump in Japanese bond yields at the ultralong-term end. Kazuyuki Shigemoto, managing executive officer at Dai-ichi Life, said the company was ready for the market turmoil that followed Trump's "Liberation Day" in April.
Nikkei Asia
14-05-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Top Japan life insurers on guard for rising ultralong yields
TOKYO -- Dai-ichi Life Insurance and Nippon Life Insurance, two of Japan's biggest institutional investors, are navigating choppy waters churned up by the Trump administration's fast-changing tariff policy and a jump in Japanese bond yields at the ultralong-term end. Kazuyuki Shigemoto, managing executive officer at Dai-ichi Life, said the company was ready for the market turmoil that followed Trump's "Liberation Day" in April.
Nikkei Asia
12-05-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Japan's Dai-ichi Life to boost stake in UK hedge fund Capula
TOKYO -- Japanese life insurance group Dai-ichi Life Holdings will make U.K.-based hedge fund Capula Investment Management an equity-method affiliate, looking to tap the company's bond investment expertise amid market turbulence. Subsidiary Dai-ichi Life Insurance acquired Capula shares from trading house Mitsubishi Corp. in 2018 and now holds just under a 5% stake. It plans to acquire an additional 10%-plus interest as soon as this month for an undisclosed sum, bringing its stake to 15%.
