Institutional Investors: Global Scale Securities Markets and Insurance, Trust, and Annuity Groups

Abstract

The author describes the expansive nature of Japan\u27s annuity assets. Japan\u27s annuities are divided into public annuities, which include pension insurance, mutual annuities, and national annuities, and private annuities, such as welfare pension funds and qualified annuities. The author discusses trust banks and life insurance companies and their relationships with annuities investments. The author also addresses problems regarding securities investments in Japan such as appraisal losses and the investment of annuities in Keiretsu organizations