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Japanese Market Participants Accessing U.S. Treasuries (Part 2)
Japanese market participants looking to access U.S. Treasury bonds or any other international bond market may need to be aware of fixed income risk and currency volatility. Depending on their investment view, Japanese market participants may choose to hedge currency risk or remain unhedged. Either way, market participants may be exposed to additional returns or…
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Japanese Market Participants Accessing U.S. Treasuries (Part 1)
Since the negative interest rate policy was announced by the Bank of Japan, the yield of the S&P Japan Sovereign Bond Index has tightened 33 bps to -0.07%, as of Aug. 23, 2016. As the quantitative and qualitative easing program continues, some Japanese market participants seek investments that diversify their portfolios. U.S. treasury bonds have…
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