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MIZUHO FINANCIAL: Subprime Loss May Hit JPY250 Billion in March
Mizuho Financial Group Inc.'s losses stemming from the United States subprime mortgage crisis could bloat up to JPY250 billion in the fiscal year ending in March 2008 instead of the JPY170 billion forecast at the end of September, Japan Times says, citing banking industry sources.
According to the report, the sources said that the expected losses are blamed on Mizuho Securities Co., which got burned in securities investments amid the subprime crisis.
The Times recounts that in December 2007, Mizuho Securities said it would issue JPY150 billion worth of new shares to parent Mizuho Corporate Bank in order to reload its capital.
However, with the loss estimate for FY2007-08 rising, Mizuho Securities might need a further cash infusion, considering that it is due to merge with Shinko Securities Co. in May, the report says.
Mizuho has been forced to put off the merger with Shinko from January to May 2008 after incurring net losses for the six- month period ended September 31, 2007, due to the subprime woes, the Times explains. The delay became necessary as the two merger partners need more time to revise their stock swap ratio.
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