Japanese investors

Business / Financial Markets Apr 30, 2015

Investors seek out risky U.S. loans in throwback to pre-crisis days

by Finbarr Flynn

Japanese investors are plowing back into the same types of risky U.S. corporate-loan investments that caused them losses during the 2008 financial crisis. They're pouring cash into loans to finance Burger King operator Restaurant Brands International Inc., hotel manager Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC and Caesars ...

Business / Financial Markets Sep 8, 2014

Japanese investors buy most British, Aussie debt since 2011

Japanese investors bought the most British and Australian long-term sovereign bonds since 2011 in July, while dumping German Bunds in the first seven months of the year amid unprecedented European Central Bank stimulus. Fund managers in the Asian nation net purchased ¥375 billion of gilts ...