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BROKERAGES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 17, 2022
Nomura targets up to 90% jump in core pretax income in three years
Nomura said on Tuesday it would aim for annual pretax income of u00a5350 billion to u00a5390 billion for its three core divisions in the year ending in March 2025.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2022
Nomura starts offering bitcoin derivatives to clients in Asia
Japan's biggest brokerage is offering nondeliverable forwards and nondeliverable options settled in cash, and can now trade bitcoin futures and options.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 5, 2022
Nomura strategy in focus after retail business loses to Daiwa
The retail division posted pretax profit of u00a55.2 billion for the three months ended March 31, an 80% drop compared with the same period last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2022
Nomura falls most this year after earnings and buyback disappoint
Japan's biggest brokerage fell as much as 5.7% on Wednesday morning in Tokyo, the sharpest intraday drop since Nov. 1.
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2022
Japan SESC files more charges against SMBC Nikko and executives
SMBC Nikko said it sincerely apologizes for causing trouble and concern, and will cooperate with investigations and make efforts to regain trust.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2022
Tokyo prosecutors to indict SMBC Nikko for alleged market manipulation: report
The move against the unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., the country's No. 2 lender, will be a blow to one of Japan's biggest brokerages and its second-largest megabank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 16, 2022
Scandal rocks Japanese finance as SMBC Nikko staff are arrested
The arrests are a sudden escalation of a situation that's been brewing since at least June, when the Financial Services Agency's enforcement arm raided SMBC Nikko's offices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 28, 2021
Daiwa prepares to boost base pay by 3% or more for first raise in four years
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called on firms to agree raises exceeding 3% at Japan's annual labor-management wage negotiations in the spring.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Dec 13, 2021
As Japan's finance sector ends painful year, ex-Nomura banker vows to bring change
By taking effective control of Shinsei Bank Ltd., Yoshitaka Kitao is setting his sights on creating a banking alliance to rival the conservative old guard.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2021
Morgan Stanley sees Japan assets more than double on ESG surge
It's a global trend predicted to grow beyond $50 trillion by 2025, but cases of 'greenwashing' mean companies must stay cognizant of possible risks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 29, 2021
Nomura ‘ashamed’ after legal costs spark 95% slump in profit
The pain continues for Japan's biggest brokerage after already taking a $2.9-billion hit from its dealings with an obscure investment firm.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2021
The rationale behind SBI's targeting of Shinsei Bank
CEO Yoshitaka Kitao sees the acquisition of the bank as key to expanding his sprawling businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 17, 2021
Nomura sees shift into wealth management pay dividends
The move has been buoyed by investor demand, after central banks made bonds and some other traditional investments less profitable and pushed the price of stocks and real estate higher.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 1, 2021
Nomura tells staff not to smoke cigarettes while working from home
The company has said it doesn't plan to monitor whether employees working remotely are following the guidelines.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 27, 2021
Nomura offers pizza and pasta for tradable tokens
Customers can use the tokens to buy and trade dishes from an award-winning Japanese chef as their value fluctuates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2021
Nomura’s prime brokerage pullback deals blow to global ambitions
The retreat adds to a list of stumbles for the firm as it takes on global risk to offset slower growth at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 6, 2021
Tokyo bourse chief optimistic on extending five-hour trading day
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has formed a working group to debate if trading hours can be lengthened past the current 3 p.m. close, which would be the first extension in more than a decade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2021
Nomura prime brokerage cuts seen sparing little in U.S. and Europe
Word of the retreat is already spreading on Wall Street, as some of Nomura's prime brokerage employees in New York start to explore other job opportunities.
Japan's biggest beef bowl chain Sukiya to shut nearly 2,000 stores after rat and bug contamination
Zensho Holdings, operator of fast-food chain Sukiya, said it will close all of its stores in Japan, except for a small number in shopping centers, between Monday and Friday following recent contamination incidents.
Alert raised for volcano in southwestern Japan
Shinmoedake, a volcano located between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in November 2019
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.
Who among the opposition would join the ruling coalition?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Friday.
Traveling the Three-Star Road, the tourist route made from thin air
Scenes like this snow-covered bridge leading to the village of Shirakawa-go are what make the Three-Star Road worth traveling — its name notwithstanding.
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.

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