Japan
Nikko Asset Management lays out its bid to become the pre-eminent asset-management company in Asia.
Jan Shun Yet has joined alongside other sales trading hires, as buy-side demand grows for combining e-trading services with traditional advice and execution.
Takayuki Saito adds to the US bank's list of big hires in electronic trading, with a remit to expand the business under the Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities joint venture.
As Chi-X goes live in Japan, the alternative trading platform's Asia-Pacific chief speaks about competition, regulatory development and high-frequency trading.
Strategic Insight research shows Franklin Templeton was the biggest gainer of $500 billion of fund flows worldwide, while in Asia the lion’s share went to Japanese asset ...
Japan appears perennially unattractive to asset allocators, but Sparx chairman Shuei Abe thinks there may be light that heralds an end to the country's lost decades.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Barclays Wealth and Nikko Cordial Securities announce a private banking joint venture in Japan.
The UK bank is continuing the rollout of the Comet pricing and execution system it launched for private banks last year in Hong Kong and Singapore.
But it's still worth having cautious exposure to the two countries, says Sandro Antonucci of Lombard Odier.
Dominick Falco, the US firm's Asia head of broker-dealer services, moves from Hong Kong to Tokyo for the new role.
Fragmentation and competition is coming to Asia whether the market likes it or not, says Citi's Ben Valentine.
There are certainly distressed real estate opportunities in China, but Japan is still a more interesting market for such assets, argue panellists at a conference this week.
Collateral management head Karl Wyborn says the transaction is a breakthrough that changes the game in Japan.
Total risk levels are falling as Japanese plan sponsors diversify away from domestic equities and hedge funds, according to a survey by JP Morgan Asset Management.
A strong track record in Japan helps to secure another fund-admin contract for BNY Mellon.