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Japan’s Nippon Life eyeing foreign boutique bond managers for acquisitions

The bulking up of asset management overseas by Japan's largest private-sector life insurer comes as the nation's insurers are increasingly shifting mo

Japan’s Nomura poised to start China retail brokerage biz

Nomura already serves wealthy Chinese from retail operations in Hong Kong, and offers wholesale - or business-to-business - services in mainland Chin

Japan’s SMFG keen to up stake in Indonesian bank BTPN to majority

Indonesian laws restrict share ownership in the country's banks by a single entity to 40%. However, approvals for a majority stake may be granted on a

Chip unit sale to Bain unnecessary after capital injection, HK activist investor tells Toshiba

Argyle Street Management, a hedge fund with $1.2 billion under management, has sent a letter to Toshiba's board.

Toshiba set to approve $5b injection Monday to stay listed

Toshiba said to plan $5.3b capital injection to stave off delisting

It has received proposals from several domestic and overseas brokerages for plans to raise money.

Toshiba unlikely to finalise chip unit sale by Aug 31 deadline

Toshiba has been trying to sell the unit for months to pay down debt and cover the impact of over $6 billion in liabilities.

Western Digital-KKR consortium said to offer $17.4b for Toshiba’s chip unit

Consortium includes Innovation Network Corp of Japan and Development Bank of Japan.

Toshiba under pressure to consider ‘Plan B’ as $18b chip sale deal falters

Plan B also includes picking a new buyer.

Toshiba picks Bain-Japan govt consortium to buy chip unit, deal faces hurdles

Bain to be the main investor, putting up $7.7 billion in equity.