Dai-ichi Life to Boost Investment in Japanese Bonds (Update1)

Story date: 2007-10-15 02:37:00
Added on: 2007-10-15 07:22:26

Bloomberg - Top-rated securities backed by mortgage loans sold by Japan Housing Finance Agency in September offered a 2.13 percent coupon. That's 43 basis points more than the 1.7 percent coupon on benchmark 10-year government bonds. A basis point is 0.01 ...


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