Core for the core: Japan’s crucial role in SSA funding

Talk to any of the world’s leading SSA borrowers and they will all tell you that the Japanese investor base is an extremely important — in some cases the most important — source of consistent demand for their bonds. Aside from its size, the Japanese investor base is one that is available to international issuers across a range of currencies, maturities and structures; and it is one that is available in institutional and retail format. To discuss how they access this rich source of demand, a number of the world’s best-regarded SSA borrowers gathered at this virtual roundtable to compare notes about their experience of accessing the Japanese investor base.