Japan pensions dismiss fears over negative rates
Corporate pensions in Japan are sanguine about the potential impact of negative interest rates on their portfolios, despite the industry's significant exposure to domestic government bonds.
Japanese corporate pension funds are in decent shape to cope with an environment of negative interest rates amid misperceptions about the industry, heard an AsianInvestor forum.
Even a crash similar to the one that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 would still see the industry’s assets-to-liabilities ratio remain more than covered, according to case studies.
Speaking at the Japan Institutional Investment Forum in Tokyo last week, pension fund executives …
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