Japan's Biggest Bank to Bet $9 Billion on Riskier Asset Push.

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's biggest bank is planning to plow about $9 billion into a new investment team that will look to buy credit, equities and alternative assets in a bid to lift investment returns. His team will manage a new investment account, separate from the bank's conventional securities portfolio, and will aim to grow assets to about 1 trillion yen ($9.1 billion) within three years, he said. [Extracted from the article]