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  • Meiji Yasuda's start-up fund targets financials firms in latest investments

    13 November 2024

    Commitments to Miive and SmartBank will also entail collaboration with the insurer

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon

    05 November 2024

    A trend gaining quite some traction is overseas expansion, among both general and life insurers as buyers, from Japan, involving a fairly widely-spread mix of targets

  • Meiji Yasuda injects start-up with capital to improve detection of colon cancer

    09 October 2024

    Boston Medical Sciences in Tokyo benefitted from insurer's CVC fund's injection

  • Meiji Yasuda Life acts on GHG emissions with sustainability-linked loan to paper maker

    27 August 2024

    Rate on Japanese firm's lending will be linked to emissions reductions

  • Insurer AMs suffer slumps in Japan stock funds as benchmarks crash

    06 August 2024

    As major indices fall over 12% on Monday, abrdn says Japan "tends to overshoot"

  • Meiji Yasuda uses start-up fund to invest in regional revitalisation

    01 August 2024

    Tokyo-based Geofla is latest recipient of insurer's CVC fund allocations

  • Japanese insurers views' vindicated as BoJ hikes again

    31 July 2024

    Meiji Yasuda AM and Tokio Marine AM had flagged higher rates in future

  • Meiji Yasuda helps transform Olympics infrastructure with A$100m investment

    22 July 2024

    Japanese lifer is backing redevelopment of athletes' village after events end

  • APAC weekly - Japanese insurers in full 'sorry mode', including for past investments

    02 July 2024

    From strategic investments to staff being arrested, it seems Japan's insurers can't stop apologising

  • Meiji Yasuda aims for JPY 800bn ESG investments by March 2027

    01 April 2024

    Recently released management plan also outlines plan to grow business overseas