Bad bond bets forces Norinchukin to change strategy


Norinchukin Bank CEO Kazuto Oku — Bloomberg

Tokyo: Japan’s premier agricultural bank, Norinchukin, plans a complete overhaul of its investment strategy after massive losses on its overseas portfolio.

Unlike Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc and other big regular banks, Norinchukin relies primarily on its securities portfolio worth about 60 trillion yen to generate profit.

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