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Japan Post soars in IPO – should Australia Post be next?

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imageJapan Post Bank Co President Nagato.Reuters staff

The US$12 billion listing of state-owned Japan Post Holdings overnight makes it the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the world this year. In choosing to list its postal business, Japan follows the lead of Britain, which privatised the Royal Mail in 2013.

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