Meaning of zaitech | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Application of financial engineering techniques in Japanese financial markets since their deregulation in 1984.
   uncountable
2. Speculative financial investments, using simple financial leverage as well as financial engineering, in Japanese financial markets since their deregulation in 1984.
   uncountable

Examples

“Not all of the capital raised in this way was channeled into new plant and equipment; a large amount was used for what came to be called zaitech, or financial engineering, which included the purchase of more real estate and securities offering higher and higher yield.”

“This in turn spurred the proliferation of zaitech — sophisticated financial operations on a global scale.”

“New financial technologies, like securitization, are playing an important role […]. And the leading sources of the new positive zaitech are firms like […]”

“Such "high-tech" financial transactions are called 'zaitech' in Japan. Many old-timers thought zaitech was sinfully speculative […]”

“Inevitably, like the times themselves, the term zaitech later came to connote speculative and imprudent financial dabbling […]”

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