Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
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Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Company Profile

Japan's second-largest securities firm (Nomura is #1), Daiwa Securities Group focuses on asset management, retail and wholesale securities, and investment operations. The company offers traditional and online securities brokerage to individuals and businesses through its Daiwa Securities Co. subsidiary. Other units offer asset management, research and consulting, real estate management (through Daiwa Property Co.), and private equity investing. Daiwa Securities Capital Markets offers investment banking services, mostly to domestic companies and Japan-based multinationals. (It was formerly co-owned with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group but Daiwa Securities bought out SMFG's stake in early 2010.)