What is Daiwa?
{{Infobox company | name = Daiwa Securities Group Inc | logo = [[Image:Daiwa sec logo.gif|Daiwa Securities Group]] | type = [[public company]] | traded_as = {{tyo|8601}} | foundation = {{start date|1943}} | location = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | key_people = Hibino Takashi (President and [[CEO]]) | num_employees = 14,456 (at March 2008) | industry = [[Investment banking]] | products = [[Financial services]]<br /> [[Investment bank]]ing<br /> [[Investment management]]<br /> [[Brokerage firm]] | assets = $196.7 billion (2015) | homepage = www.daiwa-grp.jp }} '''Daiwa Securities Group''' is a Japanese [[investment bank]] that is the second largest [[brokerage firm|securities brokerage]] after [[Nomura Securities]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Profit of Japan's Second-Biggest Brokerage Plunges 64%|work=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-27/daiwa-s-fourth-quarter-net-income-plunges-to-141-million#xj4y7vzkg|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> Major subsidiaries include ''Daiwa Securities'', which offers retail services such as [[online trading]] to individual investors and investment banking services in Japan as well as ''Daiwa Capital Markets'', the firm's international investment banking arm (with a presence across Asia, [[Europe]] and [[North America]]) that provides [[Mergers and Acquisitions|M&A]] advisory, sales and trading services in a variety of financial products to corporate and institutional clients. Other group companies provide [[asset management]], research and [[private equity fund]] services.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Who Will Be Holding the Bag?|work=The Real Deal|url=https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/who-will-be-holding-the-bag/|access-date=2022-06-30}}</ref> The company is the fourth largest shareholder in [[SL Green]]. == References == <references /> [[Category:Banks of Japan]]