Nomura Holdings is expanding its wealth management team in Singapore and Dubai after its global business turned a profit last year, 18 months ahead of target. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/12/companies/nomura-singapore-dubai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #brokerages #wealth #investments #dubai #singapore
Japan’s biggest brokers are having second thoughts about selling Japanese government bonds repackaged into loans to regional lenders after the nation’s financial regulator declared a clampdown on the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/11/economy/japan-brokers-rethink-repackaged-jgbs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #bonds #jgb #investments #regionalbanks #banks #brokerages #fsa
Japan’s financial regulator plans a sweeping crackdown on $67 billion of high-yield loans backed by government bonds and other assets that have gained popularity among regional banks https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/28/economy/crackdown-jgb-loans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #jgb #banks #fsa #brokerages
Full-service securities companies in Japan with physical outlets are increasingly focusing on inheritance-related services. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/25/companies/japan-brokers-inheritance-business/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #brokerages #daiwa #smbcnikko #nomura #aging
A former employee of Nomura Holdings has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding a client, local media reported, weeks after the brokerage vowed to take remedial steps following a separate criminal case. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/06/japan/crime-legal/nomura-fraud-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nomura #brokerages #fraud #japanesepolice
Nomura Holdings’ shares have jumped to their highest in 16 years after Japan’s biggest brokerage doubled third-quarter profit and beat market estimates on robust trading and cost cuts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/06/companies/nomura-shares-jump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #brokerages #stocks #investments
Nomura Holdings has let go about 10 people in its sales and trading teams, including analysts and directors, as part of the bank’s latest push to trim costs, people familiar with the matter have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/28/companies/nomura-cut-staff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #brokerages #london
Daiwa Securities is aiming to raise wages by at least 5%, its CEO has said, a faster rate than many Japanese firms expect as the country's shrinking labor pool intensifies competition for talent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/24/companies/daiwa-wage-rise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #daiwasecurities #japaneseeconomy #wages #inflation #brokerages #investments #surveys
Workers age 60 or above at Japan's brokerages typically face a steep drop in their salary and diminished roles such as creating documents. Now, they are increasingly getting paid for performance and given heavier responsibilities in line with their experience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/19/companies/japan-brokerages-pay-retirement-age-staff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #brokerages #nomura #daiwa #wages
Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda said Tuesday that he and nine other executives will return some of their pay to take responsibility over an attempted murder and robbery involving a former employee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/03/companies/nomura-salary-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #theft #brokerages #japanesepolice #hiroshima
Nomura Holdings will seek $186 million in additional cost reductions, as Chief Executive Officer Kentaro Okuda persists with his overhaul of the company to boost profits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/02/companies/nomura-cost-reduction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #corporategovernance #digitalization #brokerages
Japan’s top financial firms are working hard to earn fees in what could be the biggest-ever buyout deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/25/companies/seven-i-deal-financial-advisers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #stocks #brokerages #investments
Nomura Holdings has said that a former employee of its securities subsidiary has been formally charged by the Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors’ Office for a slew of alleged crimes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/21/japan/crime-legal/nomura-ex-employee-charge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nomura #theft #brokerages
Some clients of Nomura Holdings are restarting business with the brokerage after it took steps to address concerns arising from a regulatory probe into market manipulation, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/18/companies/nomura-clients-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #brokerages #corporategovernance #trade #banks #bonds #financeministry
Nomura Holdings, the brokerage struggling with a trading scandal, appointed a new chief executive officer for its European operations just eight months after announcing that another senior official would take that position. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/13/companies/nomura-top-europe-banker-change/ #business #companies #nomura #brokerages #corporategovernance #trade #banks
Nomura Holdings' profit rose more than analysts expected last quarter, buoyed by strong results across its businesses, including wealth management, trading and investment banking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/01/companies/nomura-profits-beat-estimates/ #business #companies #nomura #brokerages #investments
Nomura Holdings was fined ¥21.8 million by the financial regulator for manipulating the government bond futures market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/10/31/companies/nomura-bond-manipulation-fine/ #business #companies #nomura #brokerages #bonds #businessethics #corporategovernance #sesc
A Nomura employee spoofing in 2021 earned Japan’s largest securities firm next to nothing but cost it dearly in terms of penalties and its reputation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/10/30/companies/nomura-scandals/ #business #companies #nomura #brokerages #bonds #sesc
Some of Japan's largest financial institutions — including major life insurers, trust banks and asset management firms — have halted trading securities with Nomura Holdings as the fallout from its market manipulation scandal spreads. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/10/18/companies/nomura-financial-institutions-halt/ #business #companies #brokerages #bonds #nomura #trade #lifeinsurance #banks #corporategovernance
The Finance Ministry plans to suspend Nomura from the primary group of Japanese government bond dealers for a month from Tuesday, after the firm admitted to manipulating the bond futures market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/10/11/companies/nomura-bond-market-manipulation/ #business #companies #financeministry #nomura #brokerages #debt #bonds
