The yields on Japan's long-term debt pulled back early on Wednesday after Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama urged investors to remain calm.

The Japanese market’s panic is a sharp pivot from decades of perceived stability fueled by trust in the Bank of Japan and its ability to control yields.

The selloff left some hedge funds rushing to unwind losing trades, pushed life insurers to dump bonds, and caused at least one corporate bond investor to pull out of a multi-million dollar deal. The selling in Japan’s $7.6 trillion bond market began slowly, then seemed to hit all at once.

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Columbia Bond Fund Institutional Class shares returned 1.04% for the period ended December 31, 2025. The portfolio’s duration and yield curve positioning had a limited impact on active returns during the quarter.

China is starting the year with a record clip of government bond issuance, rattling a market where demand is already weak.

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