tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post5268154610232109445..comments2023-11-02T07:30:03.967-07:00Comments on Cassandra Does Tokyo: AIJ - I [Strangely] Never Knew Ye"Cassandra"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-15137151183098097842012-03-28T00:41:26.794-07:002012-03-28T00:41:26.794-07:00I find it interesting that the day the US announce...I find it interesting that the day the US announced it had frozen a Japanese gangsters’ financial assets (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17150847) was the same day Japan’s financial watchdog told AIJ to halt its operations on suspicion that it has “lost” over two billion US dollars in funds (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17150887).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-77776649899378765772012-02-27T05:23:56.649-08:002012-02-27T05:23:56.649-08:00Chris,
My sentiments precisely...!!
--CChris,<br /><br />My sentiments precisely...!!<br /><br />--C"Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-83105677356805477442012-02-27T01:46:40.309-08:002012-02-27T01:46:40.309-08:00Jake Adelstein comments in there, worth rememberin...Jake Adelstein comments in there, worth remembering that Adelstein tends to be like a man with a hammer, every problem is a nail... or a yakuza front company<br /><br />http://www.mutantfrog.com/2012/02/25/aij-mini-madoff-or-yakuza-slush-fund-its-too-early-to-tell/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-34121763444382865632012-02-26T21:26:55.455-08:002012-02-26T21:26:55.455-08:00I spent 5 years (1999-2004) as a fund of funds ana...I spent 5 years (1999-2004) as a fund of funds analyst responsible for Japanese & Asian hedge funds, sitting in Tokyo - and I never came across them. Their name never appeared in the industry press, they never presented at conferences, and our (considerable) local pension & insurance client base never once mentioned the name. No one I know has ever dealt with them. <br />The rumor-mill Chris (i-cjw.com)http://i-cjw.comnoreply@blogger.com