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• Fukoku Life buys $38.5m private green bond from MuniFin

  25 October 2017

  Japanese mutual insurer Fukoku Life has bought a privately placed 10-year green bond from Finnish investment bank MuniFin for AUD$50m ($38.5m).

• Fukoku Mutual expands allocation to unhedged foreign bonds

  13 October 2017

  Costs of hedging remain high

• Fokoku's ¥500bn high yield fund play

  18 April 2017

  Insurer outlines plans to counter the bite of negative rates when unhedged foreign debt matures

• Second Japanese firm targets unhedged foreign bonds

  13 October 2016

  Fukoku Mutual Life joins Mitsui in buying foreign bonds without currency hedging