JAPAN - Japan's Pension Fund Association (PFA) is preparing to sue Seibu Railway in a bid to seek compensation for losses incurred during 2004, when the rail group was thrown out of the Tokyo Stock Exchange for falsifying financial statements.
The lawsuit marks the first time a Japanese institutional investor has flexed its muscles and pursued legal action against a company. The PFA manages 1,400 corporate pension funds is believed to...
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