BLOOMBERG  Morgan Stanley is letting go of at least six managing directors, including some key China bankers, as part of broader job cuts in Asia where dealmaking has been stymied by growing China-US tensions and tepid economic growth. Clarence Kwok, who’s focussed on mergers and acquisitions in China, Julia Xiao in corporate finance, and Tony Yin on the technology coverage ...

BLOOMBERG  The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will gradually build a case for a major overhaul of its stimulus framework in the second-half of next year, using the results of a review to support its move, according to Bloomberg Economics (BE). Governor Kazuo Ueda is aware that the current yield curve control stimulus framework is unsustainable, as it distorts prices, lacks ...

BLOOMBERG  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc raised 570 billion yen ($4 billion) worth of debt in what is Japan’s biggest yen bond deal this year. With yields rising, the lender offered a coupon of 2.127% on the perpetual non-callable 10-year and one-month Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds, underwriter Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co said. That’s the highest coupon on ...