LIW Section: Japan life insurer update as LEIs line up with BoJ hawkish tilt

  • From our 17th August LIW: inflation LEIs remain elevated in Japan.
  • Buying Japanese life insurers is a more asymmetric way to position for a higher rate regime in Japan (as opposed to shorting JGBs). 
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