| 1902 |
Fujimoto Bill Broker Bank: Commenced operations as Fujimoto Bill Broker |
| 1906 |
Fujimoto Bill Broker converted to a stock corporation |
| 1907 |
Fujimoto Bill Broker changed its corporate name to Fujimoto Bill Broker Bank |
| 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 |
| 1956 |
Gofukubashi Building |
| 1956 |
Relocated main office to Gofukubashi Building |
| 1956 |
Gofukubashi Building: Moved Daiwa Securities main office to Gofukubashi Building |
| 1959 |
Established representative office in New York: Established Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. |
| 1959 |
Established representative office in New York |
| 1959 |
Established Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. |
| 1959 |
Trading floor: Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchanges |
| 1961 |
Transaction scenery: Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchanges |
| 1961 |
Transaction scenery |
| 1961 |
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 |
| 1964 |
Established representative office in London |
| 1964 |
Established local subsidiary in New York |
| 1964 |
Licensed as a comprehensive securities company by the Ministry of Finance |
| 1968 |
Granted license from the Ministry of Finance to operate as an integrated securities firm |
| 1969 |
IBM-1050 Terminal: Launched nationwide online operation system |
| 1969 |
IBM-1050 Terminal |
| 1969 |
Launched nationwide online operation system |
| 1969 |
IBM-1050 terminal: Nationwide online system operation started |
| 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 |
| 1970 |
Became underwriting manager for the first yen dominated bond issuance of Asia Development Bank |
| 1970 |
Established local subsidiary in Hong Kong |
| 1970 |
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Exchanges |
| 1970 |
First yen-denominated foreign bond issued by the Asian Development Bank, acting as lead underwriter: Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchanges: Acted as lead manager for the world's first Asian dollar bond (Singapore Development Bank) |
| 1971 |
Became lead manager for the world's first Asian dollar bond (Development Bank of Singapore) |
| 1972 |
Established local subsidiary in Singapore |
| 1972 |
First Euro-yen bond (European Investment Bank) issuance |
| 1977 |
Issued first Euro/Yen Bond (European Investment Bank) |
| 1981 |
Established local subsidiary in London |
| 1981 |
First yen-denominated bond lead manager in the US market |
| 1985 |
Became lead manager for the first yen denominated bond issuance in the U.S. market |
| 1986 |
Launched home-trading services |
| 1986 |
Started PC Home Trade |
| 1989 |
Became a registered member of the Finance Future Exchange : Established Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. |
| 1989 |
Became a registered member of the Finance Future Exchange |
| 1989 |
Established Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. |
| 1989 |
Becoming a member of the Financial Futures Exchange: Daiwa Research Institute Inc. established |
| 1990 |
Listed on seven stock exchanges in Europe |
| 1990 |
Listing simultaneously on seven European markets |
| 1992 |
Started sales of Daiwa MMF |
| 1992 |
Start of Daiwa MMF募集 |
| 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 |
| 1995 |
Became the first listed company in Japan to conduct buy back of shares after the amendment of the Commercial Law |
| 1995 |
Established local subsidiary in Philippines |
| 1995 |
After the Commercial Law revision, the first listed company to acquire treasury stock: commencement of stock trading using the Internet |
| 1996 |
Launched online brokerage service |
| 1997 |
Introduced stock options system |
| 1997 |
Introduction of stock option system |
| 1998 |
Finalized final agreement with the Sumitomo Bank Ltd. on setting up a joint venture company |
| 1998 |
Daiwa Securities transitioned to a pure holding company, becoming Daiwa Securities Group Inc.: Establishment of Daiwa Sumin Gin Investment Advisory Inc.: Opening of Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Inc.: Stores with sales terminals: Name change from Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Inc. to Daiwa Securities SMC Inc. |
| 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 operations as Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Co. Ltd. : Established local subsidiary in Taiwan |
| 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. |
| 1999 |
Established Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. and Daiwa SB Investments Ltd. |
| 1999 |
Commenced operations as Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Co. Ltd. |
| 1999 |
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. |
| 2003 |
Daiwa Securities launched 2 types of services, "Daiwa Consulting Course" and "Daiwa Direct Course" |
| 2003 |
Daiwa Securities launched two trading courses, 'Daiwa Consulting' and 'Daiwa Direct' |
| 2004 |
Transited to a Committee System : Introduced interim dividend system : Established Daiwa SMBC-SSC Securities Co. Ltd. |
| 2004 |
Transition to a company with a Board of Directors: Introduction of interim dividend system: Grant Tokyo North Tower: Relocation of Daiwa Securities Group headquarters and main office to 'Grant Tokyo North Tower': Daiwa Research Institute Inc. was split into Daiwa Research Institute Holdings Inc., Daiwa Research Institute Inc., and Daiwa Research Institute Business Innovation Inc. |
| 2007 |
GranTokyo North Tower : Daiwa Securities Group relocated main office to GranTokyo North Tower : Established local subsidiary in Mumbai |
| 2008 |
Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. split to Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings Ltd., Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., and Daiwa Institute of Research Business Innovation Ltd. |
| 2009 |
Acquired Close Brothers Corporate Finance (Holdings) Ltd. : Acquired J-REIT management company, Daiwa Real Estate Asset Management Co. Ltd., formerly known as K.K. daVinci Select : Daiwa Securities Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group decided to dissolve the joint venture in wholesale business |
| 2009 |
Acquisition of Close Brothers Corporate Finance (Holdings) Limited: Conversion of Da Vinci Select Inc., an asset management company of J-REIT, into a subsidiary and renaming to Daiwa Real Estate Asset Management Inc.: Dissolution of joint venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group in wholesale business |
| 2010 |
Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. changed its corporate name to Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd. |
| 2010 |
Dissolution of joint venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, renaming from Daiwa Securities SMB Inc. to Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Inc. |
| 2011 |
Commenced Daiwa Next Bank, Ltd. |
| 2011 |
Opening of Daiwa Next Bank Inc. |
| 2012 |
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. merged with Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd. |
| 2012 |
Merger of Daiwa Securities Inc. and Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Inc. |
| 2016 |
Opening of Myanmar Securities Exchange : Centre, acquisition of securities license Saigon Securities to become an equity method affiliate |
| 2016 |
Opening of Myanmar Securities Trading Center, obtaining securities license: Saigon Securities as an equity-method affiliate |
| 2017 |
Acquisition of Sagent Advisors and Signal Hill (integrated into DCS Advisory in March 2018) |
| 2017 |
Acquisition of Sagent Advisors and Signal Hill: Merged into DCS Advisory in March 2018 |
| 2018 |
Acquired Fintertech Co. Ltd. : Established Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co. Ltd. and Daiwa Food & Agriculture Co.Ltd. : Signed a joint venture agreement of Daiwa SB Investments Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company, Limited |
| 2018 |
Signing of joint venture agreement between Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Inc. and Daiwa Sumin Gin Investment Advisory Inc.: Acquisition of ORIX Living Inc. as a subsidiary: Consolidation of Sumitomo Mitsui Residential Investment Corporation: Capital and business alliance between Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Credit Saison Co., Ltd.: Daiwa Asset Management Inc. changed its name to Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
| 2019 |
Acquired ORIX Living Corporation : Acquired Samty Residential Investment Corporation as a consolidated subsidiary : Established Daiwa Corporate Advisory S.r.l : Formed a capital and business alliance with Credit Saison Co., Ltd. : Established a joint venture, Global X Japan Co. Ltd. with Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. and Global X Management Company, Inc. : Daiwa PI Partners Co.Ltd. established a joint venture company, Do Microfinance Company Limited in Myanmar, and launch microfinance business |
| 2020 |
Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. changed its corporate name in Japan. |
| 2021 |
Daiwa Research Institute Holdings Inc., Daiwa Research Institute Inc., and Daiwa Research Institute Business Innovation Inc. merged into Daiwa Research Institute Inc. |
