Credit Suisse targets Japan's $800bn pensions

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Credit Suisse Group AG, which sold its Japanese asset management unit in June, will offer alternative investments including private-equity funds to attract the nation's US$800bn in pension money.

Tokyo-based Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Ltd., the Japanese brokerage unit of Switzerland's second-largest bank, won approval on Oct. 2 from Japan's Financial Services Agency to act as an inves...

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