Japan: Where more regulation leads to higher stock prices

Regulation designed to create more transparency and reduce systemic risk has routed trading activity away from opaque over-the-counter markets managed by banks and into clearinghouses, mostly owned by stock-exchange companies. After decades of languishing stock prices, Japan reorganised its market segments, calling on top-tier companies to provide more value to investors. The JPX Prime 150 Index launch has also been a success. The number of Japanese companies that trade below book value has shrunk and stocks have rallied Read The Rest at :