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Bloomberg, citing Japan Securities Dealers Association data, reported that Japanese institutional investors raised net purchases of domestic government bonds to ¥18.8tn ($119bn) in the six months to September, the highest since 2009. Trust banks accounted for almost half of the buying and banks about one-third, per the report. Keisuke Tsuruta of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities attributed the rise to public pension fund rebalancing after strong equities and yen depreciation.
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Japanese institutional investors increased net purchases of domestic government bonds to ¥18.8tn in the fiscal first half, the highest since 2009.
“Net purchases of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) totalled ¥18.8tn ($119bn) in the fiscal first half”
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Trust banks accounted for almost half of the buying and banks about one-third.
“Trust banks, which typically act on behalf of pension funds, accounted for almost half of the buying, while banks contributed approximately one-third”
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A Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities strategist attributed the increase to public pension fund rebalancing after strong equity performance and yen depreciation.
“attributed the increase to portfolio rebalancing by public pension funds following strong equity market performance and yen depreciation”
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Tuesday's auction of 20-year JGBs attracted record demand.
“Demand for domestic debt remained strong at Tuesday's auction of 20-year JGBs, which attracted record”
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