The Financial Services Agency is considering allowing commercial banks to invest in cryptocurrencies, an official has said, as long as they have a structure to properly manage risks linked to the assets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/fsa-banks-crypto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #fsa #banks #cryptocurrencies #donaldtrump #nomura #daiwa #brokerages #bitcoin
Interactive Brokers CEO Dan Kerrigan is bullish on Japanese stocks as inflation drives investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/03/companies/ib-japan-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #brokerages #tse #stocks #investments #technology #corporategovernance
Japan’s brokerage industry is aiming to identify accounts owned by phishing scammers after fraudulent trades worth more than $4 billion rattled the nation’s stock market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/brokerage-hackers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #brokerages #hacking
Net income at the U.S. lender’s local securities subsidiary more than doubled to ¥45.6 billion in the year ended March 31 — the highest in at least seven years, filings show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/06/companies/foreign-banks-earnings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #brokerages #jpmorgan #stocks #acquisitions
Mid-sized brokerages in Japan are following the biggest domestic firms in raising their starting salaries for new graduates, as they struggle with staffing in a tight job market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/04/companies/midsize-brokerages-raise-starting-pay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #brokerages #wages
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
Five former executives at brokerage SMBC Nikko Securities were found guilty for their roles in a market manipulation case, marking the culmination of a scandal that rocked Japan’s financial industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/crime-legal/smbc-nikko-guilty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #smbcnikko #brokerages #japanesecourts
Daiwa Securities plans to launch a real estate fund with two partners, tapping investor demand for a piece of Japan’s booming property market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/25/companies/daiwa-real-estate-fund/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #daiwa #brokerages #realestate
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