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To: Raj who wrote (18792)	7/2/1998 1:08:00 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Raj-- I agree with you on this. However this phenomenon of investments in US Mutual Funds is also a result of 'wasted mountain of savings syndrome'. Will you agree with me that deregulation in Japan is a harbinger of this stream of investment. In context of overall size of Japanese savings the amounts involved in mutual funds are peanuts. Japanese need to find ways to utilise the unused inefficient mountain of post office savings. Raj-- You will be surprised to know that it was Japanese investments and widfall profits in US TB's which barely kept them afloat as ASEA unfolded. The Basle adequacy ratios would be violated had these TB investments were not made. For me Japan will invest higher in US as deregulation proceeds and Japanese get the understanding of spreading risk.