Nomura dumps eurozone debt
野村證券拋售歐元區國債
Nomura has reduced its exposure to countries in the eurozone periphery by 75 per cent in the past two months in a move that highlights concerns about the growing risk of holding eurozone periphery government debt amid the region’s crisis.
野村證券(Nomura)在過去兩個月將其對歐元區外圍國家主權債務的敞口降低了75%，此舉凸顯其擔憂：在這場危機中持有歐元區外圍國家國債的風險日益升高。
The Japanese investment bank said it had cut its country exposure to Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain from $3.55bn at the end of September to $884m by last Thursday.
這家日本投行表示，截至上周四，已將自己對希臘、愛爾蘭、意大利、葡萄牙和西班牙的敞口，從9月底的35.5億美元，降至8.84億美元。
Nomura said it had slashed its exposure to Italy, in particular, by 83 per cent from $2.8bn to $467m.
野村證券稱，尤其大幅削減了對意大利的敞口，從28億美元降至4.67億美元，降幅83%。
“We have significantly reduced our GIIPS exposure as part an effort to proactively manage our risk profile during this period of market instability,” the bank said on Monday.
“我們大幅削減希臘、愛爾蘭、意大利、葡萄牙和西班牙五國的敞口，是為了在市場不穩定時期積極管理我們的風險組合，”野村證券周一表示。
The move comes as Nomura has faced growing concerns about its ability to generate profits after it posted an unexpectedly large Y46.1bn ($591m) loss in the second quarter.
此舉公佈之際，野村證券出人意料地公佈第二季度出現461億日元（合5.91億美元）的大筆虧損，令人對其盈利能力的擔憂日益加劇。
The bank has been placed on review by Moody’s, which warns that its rating could be lowered to just one notch above junk.
穆迪(Moody's)已將野村證券列入審查名單，警告可能將其評級降至僅比垃圾級高一檔的水平。
The bank has unveiled a $1.2bn cost-cutting exercise in a bid to lower its break-even point and is seeking buyers for non-core business assets.
野村證券公佈了一項旨在降低盈虧平衡點的12億美元成本削減計劃，並且正在為其非核心業務尋找買家。
Nomura is not the only Japanese institution that has slashed its exposure to eurozone periphery countries on concerns about the outlook for the region, as Italian bond yields exceeded 7 per cent. Separately, Kokusai Asset Management, which manages Japan’s largest investment trust, the Global Sovereign fund, said it had sold all its Italian, Spanish and Belgian sovereign bonds.
隨著意大利國債收益率突破7%，野村證券不是唯一一家由於擔憂歐元區前景，而大幅削減歐元區外圍國家敞口的日本機構。除野村外，日本國際投信投資顧問公司(Kokusai Asset Management)表示，已經全部出售所持意大利、西班牙和比利時主權債券。該公司管理的全球主權基金(Global Sovereign Fund)為日本最大的投資信托。
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