Nomura Holdings took back the top spot in advising on Japanese mergers and acquisitions in 2025 when deals related to Japan hit a record ¥59.5 trillion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/29/companies/nomura-beats-goldman-in-japan-ma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #goldman #brokerages #mergers #acquisitions #tse
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Labour has decided in its 'reform' of the Competition & Market Authority (that rules on whether mergers can go ahead) to include removal of the independent panel that judges whether mergers might be/are anti-competitive.
So once again, we are in a situation where the Govt. would prefer business to mark its own homework (because that's how you 'support' economic growth, natch) and reduce/halt independent scrutiny.
Whether they will stick with it is another Q.?
h/t FT
Labour has decided in its 'reform' of the Competition & Market Authority (that rules on whether mergers can go ahead) to include removal of the independent panel that judges whether mergers might be/are anti-competitive.
So once again, we are in a situation where the Govt. would prefer business to mark its own homework (because that's how you 'support' economic growth, natch) and reduce/halt independent scrutiny.
Whether they will stick with it is another Q.?
h/t FT
Major Japanese nonlife insurer MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings plans to consolidate its domestic bases ahead of the planned merger in April 2027 of its key subsidiaries, its president said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/12/companies/msad-consolidate-domestic-bases/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #msadinsurancegroup #insurance #mergers
Citigroup will further increase its investment banking team in Japan to capitalize on a record-breaking boom in mergers and acquisitions that it expects to reach new heights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/citigroup-investment-banking-boost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #citigroup #banks #investments #mergers #acquisitions #corporategovernance
Daiwa Securities Group is resuming an expansion of its mergers and acquisitions business to capitalize on a dealmaking boom at home and lift its standing abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/daiwa-securities-ma-hiring/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #daiwasecurities #akihikoogino #mergers #acquisitions
The number of Japanese firms trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is on track to drop by 58 to 3,778 by the end of the year, in a sharp reversal of what had been an upward trend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/04/companies/japan-listed-firms-number-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #stocks #tse #investments #mergers #acquisitions #corporategovernance
Three decades after a bad debt crisis in Japan forced a wave of mergers that created its mega lenders, the focus now is on consolidation in the nation’s $3 trillion regional banking industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/companies/rate-hikes-banks-merger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mergers #banks #depopulation #regionalbanks
Japan's corporate governance reforms are being tested by Toyota's controversial ¥4.7 trillion bid to take its affiliate, Toyota Industries, private. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/05/japan/toyota-buyout-tests-japans-reforms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #abenomics #tico #toyota #japaneseeconomy #acquisitions #mergers
Japanese companies have raised $132 billion in foreign-currency bond and loan deals arranged by banks so far in 2025, up 56% from a year earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/04/companies/japanese-firms-boost-foreign-currency-bonds-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bonds #investments #brokerages #mergers #acquisitions #japaneseeconomy
A plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of buyouts of young companies in Japan, with 199 startups bought out in 2024 — more than double the number four years earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/companies/japan-startup-deals-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tse #stocks #startups #ipo #mergers #acquisitions
Mizuho Financial Group is aiming to become Asia’s top investment bank by bolstering equity underwriting and M&A advisory as it seeks to replicate the headways it has made in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/companies/mizuho-top-asia-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mizuho #us #banks #mergers #acquisitions #investments
Nippon Steel has said that it registered a net loss in the April-June quarter, squeezed by a restructuring charge related to its acquisition of United States Steel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/02/companies/nippon-steel-quarterly-loss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #mergers #acquisitions #us #financialresults
Dai-ichi Life is considering mergers and acquisitions in Southeast Asia as part of its plan to expand overseas, eyeing a growing but increasingly crowded market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/01/companies/dai-ichi-life-ma-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #daiichilife #mergers #acquisitions #lifeinsurance #southeastasia
Drug wholesaler Medipal Holdings is seeking merger and acquisition opportunities to diversify its business and combat slower growth in the market in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/01/companies/japan-medipal-drug-firm-ma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #medipalholdings #pharmaceuticals #acquisitions #mergers
U.S. President Donald Trump will exercise a degree of control over U.S. Steel while he is in office under the terms of the "golden share." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/companies/trump-steel-superpowers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #us #usjapanrelations #mergers #acquisitions #donaldtrump #steel