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Nomura Securities

File photo taken on Sept. 25, 2024, shows the headquarters of Japanese brokerage house Nomura Securities Co. in Tokyo.

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Nomura Securities

File photo taken on Sept. 25, 2024, shows the headquarters of Japanese brokerage house Nomura Securities Co. in Tokyo.

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Watchdog accuses bank of sharing info with brokerage affiliates

Photo taken on June 7, 2024, shows Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.'s headquarters in Tokyo. Japan's securities watchdog is expected to call for the Financial Services Agency to punish a bank and two brokerage firms operating under the group over allegations they shared confidential information about client companies without obtaining permission.

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Nomura Holdings president Okuda

Nomura Holdings Inc. President Kentaro Okuda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on May 14, 2024, after announcing the major Japanese brokerage house's profit expansion plan.

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Nikkei index closes at all-time high

A stock monitor at a brokerage company in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2024, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ending at an all-time high, breaking the previous record set 34 years ago.

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CHINA-BEIJING-ERGO CHINA-CEO-INTERVIEW (CN)

(231127) -- BEIJING, Nov. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jürgen Schmitz, chief executive officer of ERGO China, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 22, 2023. TO GO WITH "Interview: Insurance brokerage license acquired at good time: ERGO China CEO" (Xinhua/Wang Pu)

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NTT Docomo to make online brokerage Monex a subsidiary

NTT Docomo to make online brokerage Monex a subsidiary. Photo from left to right: Yoshiaki Maeda, Executive Vice President and Representative Director of NTT DOCOMO, Motoyuki Ii, President and Representative Director of NTT DOCOMO, Oki Matsumoto, Chairman and Representative Executive Officer of Monex Group, Yuko Seimei, President and CEO of Monex Group, Inc.=Date:October 4, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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NTT Docomo to make online brokerage Monex a subsidiary

NTT Docomo to make online brokerage Monex a subsidiary. NTT Docomo President Motoyuki Ii (left) and Monex Group Chairman Oki Matsumoto hold a news conference in Tokyo=Date:October 4, 2023, Place:Tokyo

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

SUQIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - Three major stock indices skyrocketing, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

SUQIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - Three major stock indices skyrocketing, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

SUQIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - Three major stock indices skyrocketing, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

SUQIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - Three major stock indices skyrocketing, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows the opening point of each major A-share index in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows the opening point of each major A-share index in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows the opening point of each major A-share index in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows the opening point of each major A-share index in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows the opening point of each major A-share index in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

HANGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows the opening point of each major A-share index in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

HANGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows the opening point of each major A-share index in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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China Stock Market Stamp Duty

HANGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2023 - A mobile phone shows the opening point of each major A-share index in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, August 28, 2023. On the same day, due to the positive impact of the halving of the stamp duty on securities transactions, the three major indexes of A-shares opened sharply higher, brokerage stocks led the rise, and the collective limit of individual stocks in the sector. The three major A-share indexes all opened up more than 5%.

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Nikkei hits post-bubble high

A financial monitor at a brokerage house in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average (bottom) topping 30,900 on the morning of May 19, 2023, to hit the highest level on an intraday basis since the bursting of the asset-inflated bubble economy in the early 1990s.

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Tokyo stocks end 2004 higher on hopes of brighter outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Officials at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and stocks brokerage employees applaud during a ceremony to mark the end of this year's trading at the TSE in central Tokyo on Dec. 30. The key Nikkei stock index closed at a five-and-a-half-month high, with investors showing a strong appetite almost across the board on expectations that the outlook for the stock market will be brighter next year.

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Citigroup Japan chief shows long-term commitment to Japan market

TOKYO, Japan - Douglas Peterson, Citigroup Inc.'s top executive in Japan and president of Nikko Cordial Corp., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 5. He said that the U.S. financial giant has a ''long-term commitment'' to the Japanese market as it has a high potential for growth. Peterson met with Kyodo a week after the U.S. financial firm fully acquired Nikko, Japan's No. 3 brokerage house.

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Nikkei jumps about 400 points

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a brokerage houses in Tokyo's Yurakucho district indicates that Tokyo stocks rose sharply, driving the Nikkei index almost 400 points higher to 16,293.60 at the end of morning trading on Aug. 23.

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Tokyo stocks continue rally, Nikkei briefly rises above 16,000

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho district shows that stock price rose sharply on Aug. 21, briefly sending the benchmark Nikkei index above the 16,000 threshold as continued gains in U.S. shares encouraged investors to scoop up recently battered shares.

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Nikkei bounces back over 450 pts

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on Aug. 20. Tokyo stock prices rebounded sharply, lifting the key Nikkei index more than 450 points buoyed by higher U.S. shares and a weaker yen.

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Nikkei sheds 874 pts, closing at lowest level in 12 months

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on Aug. 17. Stock prices tumbled for a third day with the key Nikkei index losing more than 5 percent, closing at its lowest level in 12 months.

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Nikkei hits lowest closing since Dec. amid widening subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks up at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Aug. 15 as Japan's benchmark stock index ended at its lowest level since December with a loss of some 370 points. The key 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunged 369.00 points to end at 16,475.61, the lowest level since Dec. 8 when the index closed at 16,417.82.

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Dollar moves closer to 120 yen line

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at Gaitame.com Co., a money market brokerage company, in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar hitting just below the 120 yen line on Dec. 4, 2014. The dollar moved between 119.75 yen and 119.97 yen during the day, its highest level in about seven years and four months, changing hands most frequently at 119.90 yen.

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Mizuho Securities merges with Mizuho Investors Securities

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony is held in Tokyo's Otemachi area on Jan. 4, 2013, to mark the merger of two brokerage houses under Mizuho Financial Group Inc. to start anew as Mizuho Securities Co. The pre-merger Mizuho Securities handled corporate transactions while Mizuho Investors Securities Co. served individual customers.

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SMBC Nikko chief to take pay cut over insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President Eiji Watanabe holds a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Aug. 7, 2012. The company said it will cut Watanabe's executive compensation by 30 percent for four months after a former corporate officer at the brokerage was indicted over an insider trading scandal.

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SMBC Nikko chief to take pay cut over insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President Eiji Watanabe (R) and other company executives bow in apology during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Aug. 7, 2012. The company said it will cut Watanabe's executive compensation by 30 percent for four months after a former corporate officer at the brokerage was indicted over an insider trading scandal.

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Nomura's next president Nagai

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Koji Nagai, deputy president of Nomura Securities Co. Nomura Holdings Inc. said March 6, 2012, that Nagai will take the helm of its core brokerage unit as president, succeeding Kenichi Watanabe, effective April 1.

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Daiwa Securities Group to promote Hibino to president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takashi Hibino, deputy president of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Company sources said Jan. 29, 2011, that the Japanese brokerage group will promote Hibino to president on April 1, replacing Shigeharu Suzuki, who will become chairman.

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Court orders TSE to pay 10.7 bil. yen in damages to Mizuho

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Saito, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the Tokyo Stock Exchange to pay damages of about 10.7 billion yen to Mizuho Securities Co., saying the Tokyo bourse is more to blame in a case of botched trading in 2005 that caused the brokerage to incur hefty losses.

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New Nikko Cordial kicks off operations as Sumitomo Mitsui unit

TOKYO, Japan - Eiji Watanabe (2nd from L), president of Nikko Cordial Securities, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Masayuki Oku (2nd from R) and other officials shake hands in front of the new logo of Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. at its headquarters in the Kabutocho financial district in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2009. The company began operations the same day as a wholly owned unit of SMBC after the completion of the bank's acquisition of the retail brokerage house from Citigroup Inc. of the United States.

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Ex-M'bishi UFJ Securities worker arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiyuki Akikusa (L), president of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on June 25 after the Financial Services Agency issued a business improvement order to the brokerage house to improve its business administration system. The order followed the arrest of a former Mitsubishi UFJ employee for taking client information.

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Shinko, Mizuho Securities merge, becoming 4th-largest brokerage house

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Takashi Tsukamoto, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Takashi Kusama, chairman of Mizuho Securities Co., Keisuke Yokoo, president of Mizuho Securities, and Yasuhiro Sato, president of Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd., join hands during a ceremony to mark the merger of Shinko Securities Co. and Mizuho Securities Co. in Tokyo on May 7. The newly created brokerage house succeeded to the name of Mizuho Securities.

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Ex-Daiwa Securities head Doi dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakane Doi, former president of Daiwa Securities Co. -- now Daiwa Securities Group Inc. -- who led the company to become the second-largest brokerage in Japan, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 14, the company said April 20. He was 80.

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MUFG, Morgan Stanley to merge Japan brokerage units by spring 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi (R) speaks during a press conference announcing that his company and U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley aim to create a new securities company by merging their Japanese units by the end of March 2010.

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MUFG, Morgan Stanley to merge Japan brokerage units by spring 2010

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Morgan Stanley Japan Securities President Jonathan Kindred, Morgan Stanley Co-President Walid Chammah, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities President Fumiyuki Akikusa shake hands after a press conference announcing their aim to create a new securities company by merging their Japanese units by the end of March 2010.

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Nikkei briefly falls below 26-year closing low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board outside a brokerage in Tokyo shows Japan's key Nikkei index closing at 7,268.56 on Feb. 24. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average briefly dropped below a 26-year closing low during the day's session, as investors were rattled after the Dow Jones index closed Monday at its lowest level in almost 12 years amid fresh financial worries.

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Nikkei tops 9,000 for 1st time in 2 months

TOKYO, Japan - Officials dressed in traditional kimono at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other officials, including from brokerage houses, applaud during a ceremony to mark the beginning of this year's trading at the TSE on Jan. 5. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 183.56 points, or 2.07 percent, to close the half-day session at 9,043.12, topping the 9,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months.

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Nakagawa discusses market stabilization measures with TSE president

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (center) speaks at a meeting with leaders of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and the brokerage industry at the Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Dec. 8. They met to discuss measures to calm strained stock markets as the government eyes additional steps to stem the fallout from the ongoing global financial crisis.

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Nikkei falls below 8,000 on Wall St. tumble, firmer yen

TOKYO, Japan - A digital stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo shows Japan's key Nikkei stock index falling below the 8,000 line Dec. 2. The index dropped below the line for the first time since Nov. 21 at the outset of the trading on mounting concerns about the global economy that sent Wall Street tumbling overnight and the yen strengthening versus the U.S. dollar.

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Ex-Nomura Securities Chairman Tabuchi dies at 84

TOKYO, Japan - Former Nomura Securities Co. Chairman Setsuya Tabuchi (in file photo taken in May 1997) died of heart failure June 26, according to his family. He was 84. Tabuchi was credited with expanding the company into one of the world's largest brokerage houses during the high-flying bubble-economy era.

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Watanabe to succeed Koga as CEO of Nomura Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichi Watanabe, deputy president of Nomura Securities Co., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on March 3 after Japan's largest brokerage house Nomura Holdings Inc. said Watanabe will succeed Nobuyuki Koga as president and chief executive officer of the holding company, effective April 1.

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Tokyo stocks soar on solid Japanese GDP figures, U.S. equity rise

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows that the Nikkei Stock Average gained more than 400 points during the morning session on Feb. 14 on solid economic growth data in Japan and tempered fears of a recession in the United States.

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Citigroup fully acquires Nikko, to replace president

TOKYO, Japan - Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of Citigroup Japan Holdings Ltd., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29 as Citigroup Inc. fully acquired Nikko Cordial Corp. through a stock swap deal the same day. Peterson will become president of Japan's third-largest brokerage house on Jan. 30, replacing Shoji Kuwashima.

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Tokyo stocks rebound sharply

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Jan. 23. Tokyo stocks rebounded over 3 percent in the morning session as investors welcomed an emergency rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve and hunted for cheap shares following the previous day's plunge.