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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2023
NTT Docomo to make online brokerage Monex a subsidiary
With the move, the firm aims to strengthen its revenue base by entering in the field of asset formation services.
Yuko Seimei was promoted to president of Monex Group in June, after serving as president of affiliate Monex.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 24, 2023
More brokerages name female leadership amid pressure for change
The government wants women to account for at least 30% of board members at firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier Prime section by 2030.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 13, 2023
Credit Suisse AT1 fallout embroils more brokerages in Japan
Documents have raised questions over whether information over the risks associated with the product was properly disclosed to investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2019
Gone in 146 seconds: Japan's investors race to buy SoftBank bonds
Monex Group Inc.'s online brokerage sold out ¥500 million ($4.6 million) of SoftBank Group Corp. bonds to individual Japanese investors in less than three minutes earlier this week, a sign of strong demand for the conglomerate's debt despite skepticism about some of the company's recent investments....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2018
Collaboration and cooperation among key points for innovation, business leaders tell Tokyo summit
Cross-industry collaboration, cooperation between startups and large corporations, and closely watching business trends are key to triggering innovation, business leaders and industry experts said Friday at a Tokyo event.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Aug 19, 2018
Monex chief sees cryptocurrency future for finance industry
In 1999 former Goldman Sachs investment banker Oki Matsumoto launched an online brokerage with some clear goals in mind: to create an ideal future for personal finance and to encourage Japanese who are hoarding their savings to actively invest.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 10, 2018
Small cryptocurrency exchanges find the going hard under greater government oversight
With the Financial Services Agency implementing greater oversight in the wake of the ¥58 billion Coincheck heist, many young and small cryptocurrency exchanges are finding it difficult to conduct business and looking to call it quits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2018
Online brokerage Monex to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck
Troubled exchange that was hit by a massive cybertheft earlier this year will be sold for u00a53.6 billion and become wholly owned subsidiary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2015
Online broker chases Japan's day traders to close gap with peers
Monex Group Inc. is seeking more business from Japan's growing ranks of day traders in a bid to catch up with other online brokerages.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 26, 2015
Monex to hire noted banks analyst Nana Otsuki
Online securities firm Monex Group Inc. is hiring Nana Otsuki, a former Bank of America Corp. banking analyst, as an executive director and chief analyst.

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