Bond yields were down Tuesday, but over the last few months they’ve been rising. Bond investors have been demanding higher yields, because they’re concerned about the GOP’s plan to cut taxes without making any meaningful spending cuts. That will force the government to issue a whole lot of new bonds in the future, which will
Goldman Sachs plans to merge its investment banking businesses across the Asia-Pacific region to provide clients with more integrated advice and capital markets execution, according to a memo seen by the Post on Thursday. The US firm was combining its teams in Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and Asia excluding Japan to form a unified
Japan’s Finance Ministry says it believes some of the documents related to a controversial sale of state-owned land were discarded before they could be disclosed. Akagi Toshio, who worked for a regional bureau of the ministry in western Japan, was forced to falsify documents on the heavily discounted sale of state-owned land to school operator
Japan’s Finance Ministry has disclosed documents related to a scandal over the sale of state-owned land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen. The widow of an employee of the ministry’s regional bureau received them on Friday. Akagi Masako visited the ministry with her lawyers to receive the papers. Her late husband, Akagi Toshio, killed himself after
Private-equity investments in China could be on a stronger recovery path, bolstered by increased capital from the Middle East and adaptive strategies from US funds, according to Bain & Company. “A positive momentum for China could lead to a more positive outlook already in 2025 and 2026,” Sebastien Lamy, co-leader of the Asia-Pacific private-equity practice