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Sector: Financial

Industry: Investment Brokerage - National

Country: Japan

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Tuesday, June 4, 9:11 AM Premarket gainers: ET +53%. MHGC +18%. INFI +9%. MFG +9%. MKTG +9%. SMFG +8%. NMR +8%. MTU +7%. FCEL +6%. MCHP +5%.
Losers: RIGL -23%. DG -7%. SLCA -6%. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, May 23, 9:12 AM Premarket gainers: RUE +24%. PSUN +11%. HPQ +10%. VVTV +7%.
Losers: STP -12%. CLNT -11%. NMR -9%. JRCC -9%. MTU -8%. SAAS -8%. DRYS -8%. SOL -8%. SMFG -7%. NBG -7%. SNE -6%. TSL -6%. RSOL -6%. WETF -5%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, March 27, 8:28 PM Japanese stocks trade lower as global markets await the scheduled reopening of banks in Cyprus. The Nikkei Average lost 0.3% to 12,457 with banks and autos among the weak spots: Mizuho Financial Group (MFG -1%), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG -1.2%), and Shinsei Bank (SKLKY.PK -0.9%), Honda (HMC -0.8%), Mazda (MZDAY.PK -1.8%), and Toyota (TM -0.65%) and Nissan (NSANY.PK -0.5%). 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 6, 3:47 AM Panasonic (PC) is selling an office building in Tokyo for about ¥50B ($537M) as part of its restructuring, with Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing (SMFG) buying 90% of the rights and Nippon Building Fund the rest. The deal is part of a trend of struggling Japanese companies divesting property to raise funds, including Sony (SNE) selling a building last month for ¥111.1B. Comment! [Tech, Consumer]
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 7:52 PM Japanese stocks trade slightly higher early in the session, with the Nikkei Average posting fractional gains at 9,547. Banking shares are giving a boost: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG +1.4%), Nomura Holdings (NMR +0.8%) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MTU +0.7%). Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 3:39 AM Japanese banks Sumitomo Mitsui (SMFG) and Mitsubishi UFJ (MTU) are spreading the financial love this week: along with Resona, they're providing Panasonic (PC) with $7.6B of loan commitments, allowing the electronics giant to avoid having to raise money in the markets. Sumitomo and Mitsubishi are also reportedly helping Softbank finance its $20.1B acquisition of Sprint. Comment! [Financials, Top Stories]
Friday, October 12, 2012, 3:29 AM Softbank (SFTBF.PK) is in negotiations with three major Japanese banks - Mizuho (MFG), Sumitomo Mitsui (SMFG) and Mitsubishi UFJ (MTU) - about borrowing $23B to fund its bid for Sprint (S), Reuters reports. While Sprint is worth $17.3B, it also carries almost $15B of debt. Japanese investors have reacted with dismay to news of the talks, with Softbank's shares closing -17%. 9 Comments [Tech, Top Stories, On the Move, Consumer]
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 4:09 AM ING (ING) is hawking its Asian asset-management division, Bloomberg reports, with potential bidders including BNY Mellon (BK), Sumitomo Mitsui (SMFG) and Invesco (IVX). An analyst reckons the ops are worth around €500M ($655M), although ING might try to sell the unit together with its Asian insurance arm. Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 8:59 AM Well-capitalized banks, the near-record strength of the yen, and few avenues of growth at home mean Sumitomo's (SMFG) purchase of RBS's aircraft-leasing business might be the first of several European asset acquisitions by Japanese banks. Also, taking a close look at the stream of potential deals flowing through boardrooms is Mizuho Financial (MFG). Comment! [Global & FX, Financials, M&A]
Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 4:46 AM RBS (RBS) sells its aircraft leasing division to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) for $7.3B, a smidge higher than the whisper number. It's RBS's largest single disposal of assets since its 2008 bailout. RBS +4.5% in London. (SMFG statement) Comment! [M&A, Financials, Global & FX, On the Move]
Monday, January 16, 2012, 3:07 PM RBS (RBS) is selling its aviation unit to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) for as much as $7.2B, sources say. A deal announcement is expected tomorrow. 1 Comment [Global & FX, M&A, Financials]
Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 7:29 PM Japanese stocks are trading slightly higher today, buoyed by gains in the U.S. overnight. The Nikkei Average is currently up 0.34% with financials leading: Mizuho (MFG +0.9%), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG +1.2%), Daiwa (DWA +0.4%) and Nomura (NMR +0.8%). Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, January 9, 2012, 7:32 PM Japanese stocks are higher in early trading following a long holiday weekend. The Nikkei Average is currently up 0.50% to 8,448 with financial shares leading: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (MTU +1.5%), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG +1.4%), Nomura (NMR +4%) and Daiwa (DWA +2.5%). 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Thursday, January 5, 2012, 11:00 AM The IMF is conducting stress tests on Japanese banks to measure how they might fare with a drop in value of their massive JGB holdings. Of late, the IMF has joined the "widowmaker" trade, warning of the nosebleed levels of Japanese bond prices and the vulnerability of government finances should yields rise. Current 10-year yield: 0.985%. 1 Comment [Global & FX, Financials]
Thursday, January 5, 2012, 5:24 AM China Development Bank and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui (SMFG) are the finalists in an auction for RBS's (RBS) aircraft leasing unit in a transaction that could be worth up to $7.5B, Reuters reports. With Wells Fargo (WFC) and a Macquarie (MQBKY.PK) led group dropping out, RBS could disclose the winner next week. Comment! [M&A, Top Stories]
Thursday, December 29, 2011, 7:41 PM Japanese megabank Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) plans to buy several hundred billion yen worth of assets being sold by European lenders seeking to raise capital to weather the region’s debt crisis. The bank is also considering buying an entire business unit, possibly a brokerage, from a European bank, taking advantage of expansion opportunities and a strong yen to buy operations abroad. Comment! [Global & FX, Financials]

timboutillier
Time to get on the Japan trade. Played $SMFG on Friday. Adding $TM and $PNRA on breakout plays
Apr 8, 8:56 AM
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Dr. Kris
Foreign banks are rockin'! In strong uptrends & hitting new highs: $SMFG, $RY, $LYG, $BCS, $BNPQY, $HBC, $BMO, $BNS.
12/19/12
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jvix: A friend in the industry told me awhile back that he sees money flowing back into Europe
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jvix: and that foreign investors are buying US equities while US investors have been moving into bonds
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Ryan Mallory
Lazy Trade Long & Short: GGP & SMFG http://bit.ly/R6Xcx7
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Linus Wilson
Find how much commercial paper these firms rolled onto the Fed: HBC, PRU, HOG, SMFG, MET, VZ, BNS See pages 29-30 of http://bit.ly/nNlLv2
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Foreign banks are rockin'! In strong uptrends & hitting new highs: $SMFG, $RY, $LYG, $BCS, $BNPQY, $HBC, $BMO, $BNS.
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