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Barclays Gets a $927 Million Jump Start as Japanese Banks Ramp Up Overseas
Barclays PLC (ADR: BCS), the United Kingdom’s fourth-largest bank, may get a $927 million cash infusion from Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. by the end of the month. The investment, which will be made through the group’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. unit, underscores an evolving trend among large Japanese banks that have so far been unaffected by the subprime collapse.
Sumitomo Mitsui, Japan’s second largest bank, has not confirmed the agreement, but its 100 billion yen investment will secure an approximate 2.3% stake in Barclays. Barclays was racked by the housing collapse that started last year and has since dragged…
21Jun2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedTwo Ways to Profit as China and Japan Quietly Forge the Most Powerful Trading Alliance in the World
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yauo Fukuda met recently and signed some modest cooperation agreements. That doesn’t sound much to get excited about, until you consider how well the Chinese and Japanese economies fit together.
Think of it this way: With China’s boundless supply of low-cost labor and Japan’s superb education system – and an ability to work together that’s clearly founded on considerable commonality of thinking – these two countries, as a pair, will be world-beaters.
In fact, they’ll be world leaders.
The Past has Passed
The summit – while modest – marked an important policy change from the mutual…
16May2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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