Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway hires banks for possible sale of yen bonds

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has hired banks to explore a possible sale of yen-denominated ￰0￱ proposed sale would bring it back to the yen market for the second time this ￰1￱ the issuance proceeds, Berkshire Hathaway’s yen bond sale would follow its earlier April 2025 issuance of six yen-denominated bonds totalling $627 ￰2￱ reported by Cryptopolitan, it was its smallest yen bond deal to date, with maturities ranging from 3 to 30 years. Buffett’s Japanese trading houses outperform peers Berkshire has made some of the biggest deals in the yen markets in the ￰3￱ company has double A grades and can get more spread than local companies with similar credit ￰4￱ a letter to owners this year, Buffett said that the company started buying shares in Itochu Corp., Marubeni Corp., Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co., and Sumitomo ￰5￱ ￰6￱ Namioka, chief strategist at T&D Asset Management Co., said that the possible offering shows that Japanese trading houses are still cheap from a global perspective and are considered ￰7￱ is good for the ￰8￱ Namioka said , “Given that Berkshire is currently holding a considerable amount of cash, the fact that it is issuing yen-denominated bonds suggests that it sees investment opportunities in Japan — likely directing funds toward trading companies.” Hiroshi Namioka added that while Berkshire agreed to keep its ownership of each company’s shares below 10%, as the company got closer to that limit, the five companies agreed to loosen the ceiling a bit.

“Over time, you will likely see Berkshire’s ownership of all five increase somewhat,” Buffett wrote this year. Buffett’s Japanese trading houses’ performance.) in bonds since its start in ￰9￱ makes it the biggest foreign seller of yen notes during that ￰10￱ to reports, yen loans from foreigners are at their lowest level in four years, at about ¥1.8 ￰11￱ interest rates are rising, and the Bank of Japan is likely to further tighten monetary ￰12￱ has made Japanese buyers cautious about purchasing corporate bonds this ￰13￱ Haruyasu Kato, a fund manager at Asset Management One Co., put it, “the biggest focal point will be the total issuance amount.” He also said, “it will serve as a litmus test for gauging investor sentiment and available funds across the yen credit market as a whole.” As a result, market watchers speculate that it may be considering additional investments in ￰14￱ week, there were more bond sales in the local yen market from companies outside of ￰15￱ example, Renault SA and Slovenia are about to price ￰16￱ investor’s stakes in Japan’s five biggest trading companies were first made public in August ￰17￱ then, the shares of those companies have more than tripled in ￰18￱ smartest crypto minds already read our ￰19￱ in?

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