Japanese ECM roundtable - Foreword
IFR’s Japanese ECM roundtable, which took place in Tokyo on May 19, covered a wide range of subjects, from general sentiment in the market to prospects for equity capital markets issuance and key market drivers and themes. Even though the Japanese economy continues to show signs of weakness, participants were relatively upbeat. Japanese corporate earnings are holding up and the market has remained if not immune to global market volatility, then at the very least removed from many of its direct causes. One of the issues remains relative lack...