Japanese companies are tackling the difficult task of hiring more disabled people as the statutory minimum employment rate for the disabled will be lifted to 2.7% next July from 2.5% at present. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/companies/companies-disability-employment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #disability #kirin #fastretailing #nomura #jobs #nonregularworkers
Nomura Holdings is creating a U.S. commercial real estate platform, with several hires from investment bank Barclays meant to fill a gap in the Japanese lender's securitized products and private credit unit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/04/companies/nomura-barclays-hires/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #barclays #banks #realestate #us
Japanese issuers are on the verge of topping $100 billion in bond issuance across dollars and euros for the first time ever in any year, with companies from the nation storming the primary debt market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/economy/bond-milestone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #dollar #japaneseeconomy #bonds #nomura #mufg
The financial industry is looking to tighten oversight of trading in government bond futures, after Nomura Holdings joined a list of brokerages fined for manipulating the instruments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/31/tighter-oversight-spoofing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #nomura #brokerages
Nomura Holdings shareholders have voted against a proposal to change the company’s name following a pair of scandals at Japan’s biggest brokerage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/companies/nomura-rejection-change-name/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #brokerages
Nomura more than doubled Kentaro Okuda’s pay last year, rewarding the chief executive officer for guiding Japan’s largest brokerage to a record annual profit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/23/companies/nomura-ceo-pay-doubles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #brokerages #stocks #wages