Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 14
Iyogin Holdings Reenters $7 Trillion JGB Market With First Super-Long Bond Buys in 10 Years
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 14

Iyogin Holdings Reenters $7 Trillion JGB Market With First Super-Long Bond Buys in 10 Years

1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 14

Summary

  • April marked Iyogin Holdings' first Japanese government bond purchases in a decade, with the regional bank testing the market through small buys of super-long debt.
  • CEO Kenji Miyoshi said the move returns Japan's top recent bond-trading regional bank to the $7 trillion JGB market after 10 years away.
  • The purchases were limited in size, signaling an initial reentry rather than a broad rebuilding of the bank's government-bond holdings.

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