Morgan Stanley gets more i-bank fee than Goldman in Apac

Morgan Stanley’s mergers advisory business in Asia outside Japan pulled in record fees last year and the firm gained market share in equities, helping partially shield it from an investment-banking contraction that prompted competitors like Goldman Sachs ... ( read original story ...)

Sumitomo Mitsui Hiring Barclays Private Bankers as Ties End

Will pay as much as 12 billion yen to terminate partnership Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will hire about 20 private bankers from Barclays Plc in Japan as the two companies end a six-year alliance and the U.K. bank scales back its wealth-management ... ( read original story ...)

Weak Yen Is Only Slight Reprieve for Bank of Japan

It turns out the Bank of Japan’s accidental break from a strong currency isn’t quite the much-vaunted panacea. Consumer prices out Friday showed a slower pace of decline, with core prices excluding fresh food falling 0.2% in December from a year ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks close higher as banks lead the charge

The dollar climbed to 115.12 yen Friday from 114.56 yen in New York and well up from the 113.66 yen seen earlier Thursday in Tokyo. Banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ's stock jumped 1.46 percent to 752.9 yen and rival Mizuho Financial Group climbed 1.73 percent ... ( read original story ...)

Most Asia markets up, Tokyo lifted by weak yen

Most Asian markets rose again Friday following another positive lead from Wall Street, with Tokyo boosted by a plunging yen, although traders remain nervous about the outlook for global trade with Donald Trump in the White House. After one of the best ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei pushes closer to one-year high, on track for weekly gain

Market gets tailwind from dollar's overnight 1.1 gain vs yen * Mining, oil shares gain, as Wall Street strength lifts sentiment TOKYO Jan 27 Japan's Nikkei share average edged higher on Friday and looked set for a solid weekly gain as the weaker yen helped ... ( read original story ...)

iCracked Japan adds 9 new stores throughout Japan

With four locations in Tokyo, and locations in Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kanagawa, Gunma and Nagoya, these premiere storefronts provide customers with immediate, professional smartphone repair for iPhones and iPads. iCracked Japan has trained and equipped ... ( read original story ...)

The biggest tech IPO of 2016 is having a terrible start to 2017

Line (LN) pulled off the biggest tech IPO of last year, raising $1.3 billion from selling shares that soared when they started trading on markets in New York and in Tokyo. Fast forward to the start of 2017 and things aren't looking so pretty. Line shares ... ( read original story ...)

10 Largest IPO Valuations in History

You can also find which the 20 biggest IPOs in US history were. Most of the largest IPO valuations in history in our list consist of Japanese, Chinese and American names only. This makes sense as these countries are the three biggest economies in the world ... ( read original story ...)

Philanthropist pledges $1M to Nikkei museum

The $1 million will go towards expanding the Burnaby-based Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre, ensuring that Japanese culture, history, arts and exhibits continue to be promoted, according to a press release. “She’s always been a strong ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese restaurants feed food banks

Edo Japan, which operates a chain of Japanese teppan-style food court kiosks and restaurants has raised $15,199.87 for the Calgary Food Bank through its annual year-end campaign. The Edo a Little, Help a Lot effort collected $64, 311.79 nationally for food ... ( read original story ...)