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JAPAN'S SUMITOMO TRUST TO EXPAND STOCK LOAN PROGRAM.

AsiaPulse News, December, 2004

TOKYO, Dec 15 Asia Pulse - Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. (TSE:8403) plans to bolster its international pool of stocks available for loan, covering foreign shares invested through its funds using active investment management.

The expansion will increase the total amount of stocks available for loan by up to 1 trillion yen (US$9.5 billion), raising it to 3 trillion yen.

Sumitomo Trust's stock loan program previously excluded overseas stocks included in its active investment management portfolios, in part because they were traded frequently. It also took time to contact the foreign firms that managed the stocks.

But the bank will now start having its U.S. and European units manage local stocks. It will also link the two with the bank's headquarters in...

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