Mega Bank Earnings (II) — SMBC
All three Japanese mega banks reported strong earnings last week. All of them performed strongly after the Bank of Japan raised its policy…
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Mega Bank Earnings (I) — MUFG
All three Japanese mega banks reported strong earnings last week. All of them performed strongly after the Bank of Japan raised its policy…
Norinchukin Bank lays out plan for recapitalization
Norinchukin Bank, which by September 2023 had accumulated unrealized losses on bond positions of close to JPY 3trn, has published first…
Nasdaq Private Market Adds HiJoJo Partners to Consortium of Investors
Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), a leading provider of secondary liquidity solutions to private companies, employees, and investors, has added…
Loss provisions at Thai GMO-Z com Securities leading to dividend cut
During July, GMO Financial Holdings took additional provisions for doubtful accounts at GMO-Z com Securities (Thailand) for the second…
Daiwa falls flat on first quarter earnings
Daiwa Securities reported underwhelming first quarter earnings on Thursday, August 1, and saw its stock price getting severely punished in…
Additional Partners and Observers join the TSE Asia Startup Hub
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) announced the launch of the TSE Asia Startup Hub in March of this year, with the aim of building an…
Dai-ichi Life invests USD 40m in Digital Infrastructure Fund
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company has invested USD 40 million in “DigitalBridge Partners III” , a digital infrastructure fund managed by…
Sony Bank releases “Sony Bank CONNECT”, a web3 app
As previously announced in March, Sony Bank this week released “Sony Bank CONNECT”, a web3 entertainment app that is based on the theme of…
Pension Fund Association establishes Corporate Pension Stewardship Promotion Council
The Corporate Pension Stewardship Promotion Council is an organization established by the Pension Fund Association to enable corporate…
SMBC’s Olive reaches 3 million accounts
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company (SMBC Card) announced that “Olive,” a comprehensive financial…
Tokyo Stock Exchange — Status of Disclosure
Now that we are through the AGM season, the main catalyst driving the Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed companies into compliance with the…