Negative Rates Drive Japan Life Insurers to Take Greater Risks

  • They plan to reduce domestic note holdings as yields plunge
  • Yen-bond investments to be centered around credit: SMBC Nikko
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Japan’s biggest life insurers will be looking for returns in corporate bonds and infrastructure lending in the year ahead, as central bank stimulus clouds the outlook for local sovereign debt.

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