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INVESTMENT BANKING - The last samurai - Nomura CEO Nobuyuki Koga concedes that the fiercely independent brokerage giant Nomura is facing brutal competition now that banks have ente...
Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 39 (2005) 5, pp. 78-82
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Japan's bashful giant - Now that the heads of Bank of Tokyo and Mitsubishi Bank have created the world's largest bank, they're wondering what to do with it.
Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 30 (1996) 11, pp. 133-138
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Asia's yen paradox - How Japan and its neighbors respond to the strains of the yen's internationalization will be critical to the currency's prospects.
Paisley, Ed; Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 29 (1995) 10, pp. 250-262
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The insecurities industry - Japan's beleaguered brokers can't kick the commission habit. A wrenching consolidation looms.
Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 29 (1995) 12, pp. 128-136
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Nonperforming - Solving Japan's bad-debt crisis is the key to reviving its moribund economy. So why won't the Koizumi government get serious?
Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 35 (2001) 11, pp. 93-100
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FEATURES - JAPAN - No yen for mutual funds - The scenario was simple: A huge pool of maturing Japanese postal savings accounts would make its way into the coffers of asset managers...
Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 34 (2000) 10, pp. 173-180
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FEATURES - BANKING - Japanese banks embrace the e-future - Traditions and bureaucracies won't die quietly as Japan's banks try to get up to Internet speed. But the digital age and...
Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 34 (2000) 7, pp. 68-77
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FEATURES - TECHNOLOGY - Japan's banking tech gap - The nation's banks will never regain their global clout unless they can catch up with the West in information technology
Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 33 (1999) 12, pp. 44-49
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FEATURES - JAPAN - Can the upstarts topple the giants? - On October 1 fixed-rate brokerage fees will die, touching off a price fight that could kill dozens of firms
Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 33 (1999) 9, pp. 100-108
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INVESTING - PORTFOLIO STRATEGY - Betting on Tokyo - Early this year some analysts decided Japanese stocks had hit bottom. They may have been right
Smith, Charles - In: Institutional investor 33 (1999) 4, pp. 129-130
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