The UK investment fund TCI (The Children’s Investment Fund) held a meeting in Tokyo for J-Power shareholders to seek support for TCI proposals with regard to dividend payments and other matters. TCI is now the largest shareholder in major Japanese electricity producer J-Power and are seeking to gain support from other investors before the general [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘investment’
April 5, 2008
METI to warn British investment fund
METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and the Finance Ministry of Japan will make an official decision by 11th April to ‘advise’ a British investment fund to modify or desist from its investment plans as announced in its application to increase its stock holdings in Japanese electricity-producing giant J-Power as “There is a risk [...]
March 13, 2008
Current Account further into Black
According to the spot report on GDP released by the Japanese Finance Ministry on 12th March, the current account balance has gone 8.1% further into the black compared to January 2007, rising to ¥1,235,800,000,000.
March 7, 2008
Airport Maintenance Law – Restrictions on Foreign Investment to be Lifted
Proposed revisions to the Airport Maintenance Law were decided by the Fukuda Cabinet on 7th March, reports the Asahi Shinbun today.
March 5, 2008
Mitsubishi Passenger Jet Project – Toyota on Board
Toyota Motors is in the final stages of a decision (as of 4th March) to participate in Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s project to develop a small, Japanese passenger jet aircraft, reports the Asahi Shinbun today.
February 26, 2008
Japan & Middle East Sovereign Wealth Funds
Yoshiki Hatanaka, a senior consultant with Japan’s International Development Centre specializing in Middle Eastern economics, international oil, etc., writes in Sekai about Sovereign Wealth Funds. After providing an explanation of what SWFs are, an overview of the effect of the sub-prime crisis on them, and a brief analysis of Russian and Chinese SWFs, the [...]
