Institutional Investors Are Divided on BOJ Bond-Buying Cuts

  • Wide range of options floated, people in attendance say
  • Talks said to include life, casualty insurers, asset managers

Outside the Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo.

Photographer: Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg
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Institutional investors offered diverging opinions on how quickly the Bank of Japan should pare back its bond buying Wednesday, according to people who attended the meeting, a day after the nation’s megabanks called for sweeping cuts.

Life insurance firms, casualty insurers and asset managers were among the 25 participants in the hearing, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.