Pressure grows on Japan banks to cut equity holdings
Their heavy exposure to share markets poses risks to their capital base, warns Financial Services Agency
Tokyo
PRESSURE continues to mount on Japan's "megabanks" to unwind at least part of their vast web of cross-shareholdings in key Japanese business corporations - which also hold shares in the banks.
The country's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has added its voice to the call for reform of the structure.
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