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Foreign open-end funds threaten financial stability – BoJ study

Researchers say external crises could lead to large outflows from vehicles investing in Japan

Japan stock prices

Bank of Japan researchers say the structural vulnerabilities of open-end funds mean the vehicles pose downside risks to domestic asset prices when external economic shocks occur.

In a working paper published on July 11, Kenta Yamamoto, Tomohiro Okubo, Nobuhiro Abe and Yukio Minoura examine the effect on asset prices in Japan’s financial markets as foreign open-end fund managers respond to investors’ requests to unwind positions.

The authors say the funds account for around 10% of Japan’s equities

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