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BROKERAGES

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2018
Bible of Japanese stocks gets hot, suggesting nation's brokerages will prosper
Things are looking up for Japan's biggest brokerages, if demand for a well-known stock handbook is any guide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 29, 2017
Nomura CEO targets U.S. in push that could include acquisitions, and puts European ranks on notice
Nomura Holdings Inc. is getting serious about shedding its perennial underdog status in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2017
Nomura expected to shut London proprietary trading unit and lose four top managers: sources
Having struggled recently to make money from overseas trading, Nomura Holdings Inc. will shut a loss-making proprietary unit in London and four of the group's top managers may leave, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2017
Japan brokerages face industry audit in wake of Nomura breach
Japanese securities firms face an inspection by the industry association into their compliance with insider rules after Nomura Holdings Inc. discovered it breached laws governing the handling of nonpublic information.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2017
Nomura looks to bolster compliance after breaching Japanese law, sources say
Nomura Holdings Inc. plans to bolster internal controls after finding that it breached securities laws in its handling of nonpublic information about a company it took public last year, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2017
Nomura said to choose Frankfurt as new European base after British exit
Nomura Holdings Inc. has picked Frankfurt to be the headquarters of its European Union operations after the U.K. leaves the bloc, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 26, 2017
Why ex-Goldman trader shunned hedge funds for a Japan broker
As the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan rocked the Roppongi Hills skyscraper in central Tokyo, Makoto Yamada put on his helmet, dropped to his knees, and traded.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2017
Japan's top three brokerages to pare grad hiring as households shun stocks
The nation's top three brokerages are cutting back on graduate hires as household investors continue to shun the stock market, squeezing their retail business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 22, 2017
Nomura hires former Japan rugby coach Eddie Jones for leadership lessons
Nomura, Japan's top investment bank, has hired England rugby union coach Eddie Jones to impart his wisdom on leadership and teamwork to its clients in Europe.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 17, 2017
Top U.K. court orders Daiwa Securities to pay $153 million over remittance
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said Friday that it has been ordered by a British court to pay roughly $152.8 million in damages over a money transfer by its subsidiary in England.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2016
Mizuho seeks to challenge Nomura as nation's biggest equity firm
Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the mega-bank that added dozens of stock analysts and salesmen in the past year, is seeking to loosen Nomura Holdings Inc.'s stranglehold on the nation's potentially lucrative yet elusive retail brokerage business.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 21, 2016
Securities watchdog to step up scrutiny of insider trading in biotech sector
The securities watchdog will boost monitoring of health-care stocks for possible insider trading after increasing leaks of information that has the power to move markets, according to the top official of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2016
Fintech venture takes on hedge funds with earnings estimates derived from big data
A Japanese startup is entering the equity research business in a bid to challenge the dominance of securities firms by using computers to crunch vast troves of information and predict companies' earnings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2016
Citigroup to exit Shin-Marunouchi Building next year to unite brokerage, banking divisions
Citigroup Inc. plans to move its Japan headquarters from Tokyo's Shin-Marunouchi Building to a new location nearby that will bring its brokerage and banking divisions together in the city's financial district.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2016
Nomura hunting investment bankers in U.S. after streamlining push
Nomura Holdings Inc. plans to hire bankers in the United States, resuming a push to boost investment banking in a market that remains a priority for Japan's biggest brokerage following a round of cost cuts.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 11, 2016
Standard Chartered establishes first brokerage in Japan with staff of 100
Standard Chartered Plc started its first brokerage business in Japan with 100 employees as institutional investors seek products from emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and Africa for better returns.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2016
Nomura cuts executive pay to three-year low as Daiwa backs 9.2% increase
Nomura Holdings Inc. cut pay for its top executives by 18 percent to the lowest level in three years after profit at Japan's biggest brokerage slumped and losses abroad swelled.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2016
Nomura suffers net loss in fourth quarter, first in red since 2011
Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's biggest brokerage, said it slid to its first quarterly net loss since 2011 as its wholesale division fell into the red, its retail division weakened and its overseas operations lost money for a sixth straight year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 18, 2016
Sumitomo Mitsui hires banking veteran Gelber to lead U.S. push
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has formed an investment-banking group in the United States, part of a push to expand its mergers advisory business even as competitors from Nomura Holdings Inc. to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. move to curtail costs.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 12, 2016
Nomura to shut down European equity business after years of losses, source says
Nomura Holdings Inc., the nation's largest brokerage, plans to shut down its European equity operations as it cuts costs after years of failing to become profitable overseas, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
India seen overtaking Japan in nominal GDP in 2025
The skyline of central Mumbai's financial district
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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