Tokyo

Societe Generale has named Ramir Cimafranca as head of prime services for Japan, effective immediately...

Nomura is closing certain businesses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas in order to consolidate its position in Asia...

BNY Mellon has introduced a Japanese cross-border solution to enable the use of Japanese government bonds in triparty collateral arrangements...

Kawada Capital Brokers has expanded its prime custody services to hedge fund clients of its prime brokerage business...

The Bank of Japan will now include treasury discount bills (T bills) as approved securities to be sold through the Securities Lending Facility, following the recent turmoil in Asian markets...

The Bank of Japan is to implement a number of operational changes to its securities lending facilities in order to ease stress in the Japanese government security market...

Moody's Japan K.K. has confirmed the A1 long-term issuer rating of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust International Limited (MUTI) and deemed the ratings outlook as “stable”...

The Japan Securities Clearing Corporation has gone live with the Calypso Technology system for client clearing of JPY interest rate swaps and collateral management...