SMFG weighs acquiring Asia banks to use some of $12 bil surplus capital

Worked out well for Toshiba.....

As it is the shareholders money not his, the thought that it should be paid out to them as dividends nwould never occur, after all how will that boost his ego.

So what’s been the success rate for Japanese financial institutions buying a foreign one? Like @englisc says, pay higher dividends back to the shareholders.