| 1933 |
Fujimoto Bill Broker Bank changed its corporate name to Fujimoto Bill Broker Securities Co. Ltd. |
| 1942 |
Fujimoto Bill Broker Securities Co. Ltd. changed its corporate name to Fujimoto Securities Co. Ltd. |
| 1943 |
Established Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. by the merger of Fujimoto Securities Co. Ltd. and Nippon Trust Bank |
| 1948 |
Registered as securities firm based on the Securities and Exchange Law |
| 1949 |
Became a member of the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchanges |
| 1956 |
Gofukubashi Building : Relocated main office to Gofukubashi Building |
| 1959 |
Established representative office in New York : Established Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. |
| 1961 |
Transaction scenery : Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchanges |
| 1964 |
Established representative office in London : Established local subsidiary in New York |
| 1968 |
Granted license from the Ministry of Finance to operate as an integrated securities firm |
| 1969 |
IBM-1050 Terminal : Launched nationwide online operation system |
| 1970 |
Became underwriting manager for the first yen dominated bond issuance of Asia Development Bank : Established local subsidiary in Hong Kong : Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Exchanges |
| 1971 |
Became lead manager for the world's first Asian dollar bond (Development Bank of Singapore) |
| 1972 |
Established local subsidiary in Singapore |
| 1977 |
Issued first Euro/Yen Bond (European Investment Bank) |
| 1981 |
Established local subsidiary in London |
| 1985 |
Became lead manager for the first yen denominated bond issuance in the U.S. market |
| 1986 |
Launched home-trading services |
| 1989 |
Became a registered member of the Finance Future Exchange : Established Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. |
| 1990 |
Listed on seven stock exchanges in Europe |
| 1992 |
Started sales of Daiwa MMF |
| 1995 |
Became the first listed company in Japan to conduct buy back of shares after the amendment of the Commercial Law : Established local subsidiary in Philippines |
| 1996 |
Launched online brokerage service |
| 1997 |
Introduced stock options system |
| 1998 |
Finalized final agreement with the Sumitomo Bank Ltd. on setting up a joint venture company |
| 1999 |
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. became the first listed company in Japan to move to a holding company structure and changed its corporate name to Daiwa Securities Group Inc. : Established Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. and Daiwa SB Investments Ltd. : Commenced opetarions as Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Co. Ltd. : Established local subsidiary in Taiwan |
| 2001 |
Implementation of PC to front desks : Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Co. Ltd. changed its corporate name to Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. |
