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Japan`s Mitsui Life: To shift to euro bonds from dollar this FY

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A woman walks past a sign of Japanese life insurer Mitsui Life Insurance Co., Ltd. at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo July 27, 2009. The characters read, ”Mitsui Life”. REUTERS/Stringer

Mitsui Life Insurance Co plans to shift some funds to euro-denominated bonds from dollar bonds in the financial year to March, as currency hedging costs for the dollar are expected to rise, a senior company official said on Thursday.

TOKYO Mitsui Life Insurance Co plans to shift some funds to euro-denominated bonds from dollar bonds in the financial year to March, as currency hedging costs for the dollar are expected to rise, a senior company official said on Thursday.

The company plans to reduce the overall holding of currency-hedged foreign bonds by around 50 billion yen ($460 million)after having boosted it sharply last year, Yoichiro Matsuta, head of the investment planning department, also told a news conference.

(Reporting by Hideyuki Sano- Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

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