Accountant General Rony Hizkiyahu, today made a private issue to a leading institutional investor in Japan for 15 billion yen ($140 million) over a period of 7 years at a fixed interest rate of 0.15%.
The issue was made after a round of meetings he held with investors in Tokyo last month as part of a strategy to expand the Israeli government's investor base in Asia in general and in Japan in particular. This is one of the largest investors in Japan, which invests only in countries with a high rating and for which it is the first investment in Israeli government debt.