Japanese Government To Retain Stake In Shinsei Bank After IPO

Hopes of sweeping reform of the Japanese financial sector received a setback with news that the Japanese government will keep a stake in Shinsei Bank after its IPO next month. According to a report in today's Financial Times, the Deposit

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Hopes of sweeping reform of the Japanese financial sector received a setback with news that the Japanese government will keep a stake in Shinsei Bank after its IPO next month. According to a report in today’s Financial Times, the Deposit Insurance Corporation will not sell all of the 33 per cent stake it holds in Shinsei, which was restructured and recapitalised by a US private equity group using $37 billion of public funds.

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