DECEMBER 1987

Japanese Securities Firms Dominate World Finance Internationalization

Foreign Securities Firms

Insurance Giants Target Securities Business Abroad

World Financiers - Insurance Companies

Regulation - Insurance

Variable Life Insurance Boom

Investment Strategies of Variable Life Insurance Policies

Japanese Stock Exchanges

Integrated Financial Futures Market

Stock Futures

Bond Futures

Commodities Futures

Futures Fraud

Stable Shareholders & Shareholder Rights

Preferred Shares

Privatization: NTT and Japan Airlines

Foreign Underwriters - Bond Issues

New Bond Varieties

Easier Issuinig Procedures - Bonds

Shelf Registration - Bond Issues - Corporate Finance

Samurai Bonds

Euroyen Bonds

Convertible Bonds

Warrant Bonds

Private Bond Placements

US Bonds in Japan

Government Bonds

Investments in Foreign Bonds

Offshore Market

Guarantee Business

Deregulation

Postal Savings Negotiations

Pension Funds and Investment Advisors