Japan FSA Seeks Faster Stock Unwinding by Insurers: Nikkei

Feb. 9, 2024, 9:19 AM UTC

Japan’s Financial Services Agency asked the country’s 4 largest non-life insurers to accelerate their disposal of cross-shareholdings, Nikkei reports, without attribution.

  • Insurers have holdings in ~5,900 companies including Toyota Motor totaling 6.5t yen
  • FSA sees holdings as having been part of the cause of recent scandals by companies
  • Related Story: Japan FSA Issues Business Improvement Order to Sompo

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