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Offshore Investors Sold Local Equities & Bonds Last Week

JAPAN DATA

Last week saw offshore investors turn net sellers of Japan equities. Outflows were -¥492.4bn, ending the past 2 week run of strong inflows. Since mid-March net flows into this asset class from offshore investors has only been marginally positive.

  • Offshore investors were larger sellers of local bonds last week. The trend from this segment has generally been net selling in recent weeks.
  • Japan investors purchased offshore bonds last week, but we continue to see a see-saw pattern in terms of outflows to this segment. For equities, local investors were modest net sellers of offshore equities.

Table 1: Japan Weekly Investment Flows

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Last week saw offshore investors turn net sellers of Japan equities. Outflows were -¥492.4bn, ending the past 2 week run of strong inflows. Since mid-March net flows into this asset class from offshore investors has only been marginally positive.

  • Offshore investors were larger sellers of local bonds last week. The trend from this segment has generally been net selling in recent weeks.
  • Japan investors purchased offshore bonds last week, but we continue to see a see-saw pattern in terms of outflows to this segment. For equities, local investors were modest net sellers of offshore equities.

Table 1: Japan Weekly Investment Flows

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