That marks the first time that the central bank’s holdings have eclipsed those of the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which Ide estimates stood at 44.8 trillion yen last month, based on gains on top of its holdings as of end-September. (File pic BoJ building)
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has taken over as the biggest owner of the nation’s stocks, with the total value of its holdings climbing well above US$400bil.
Massive exchange-traded fund (ETF) purchases by the BoJ to support the market amid the pandemic this year combined with subsequent valuation gains pushed its Japanese equity portfolio to 45.1 trillion yen (US$434bil) in November, according to estimates by Shingo Ide, chief equity strategist at NLI Research Institute.
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