Morningstar - Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd. (7182) Japan Post Bank Reports Weakest Quarter Since IPO on Higher Hedging Costs

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Michael Makdad

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Japan Post Bank Reports Weakest Quarter Since IPO on Higher Hedging Costs

Japan Post Bank reported its lowest quarterly profit since listing in 2015, with the weakness driven by higher currency hedging costs on its JPY 60 trillion portfolio of foreign securities. Its annualized return on equity of 1.6% compares with its post-IPO average of 2.7%. Japan Post Bank, which has the most deposits of any institution in Japan at JPY 180 trillion but only JPY 6 trillion in loans, continues to gradually shift its portfolio toward foreign bonds and risk assets as its older holdin...

14/02/2019 13 EN

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Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

Japan Post Bank is a commercial banking group based in Japan. Co. is engaged in banking operations as a member of the Japan Post Group with total assets of Y209,568,820 million as of Mar 31 2017. Co.'s principal operations comprise deposit-taking, syndicated loans and other lending, securities investment, domestic and foreign exchange, retail sales of Japanese government bonds and investment trusts as well as insurance products, intermediary services including mortgages, and credit card operations. Co. provides its products and services through a nationwide network of approximately 23,826 post office. In addition Co. maintains a network of 234 banking branches.

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Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Michael Makdad

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Japan Post Bank Reports Weakest Quarter Since IPO on Higher Hedging Costs

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