SBI Shinsei Bank, Limited, Shinsei International Limited and SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd. have approved the commencement of equity business in the UK.
SBI Shinsei Bank, SIL, and SBI SECURITIES have entered into business collaboration agreements to expand the Japanese equity-related business with the intension to generate further synergy across the Group.
SIL and SBI SECURUTIES will provide the following services in the United Kingdom:
- Provision of research services on Japanese equities prepared by SBI SECURITIES to eligible counterparties or professional investors
- Provision of corporate access services to institutional investors (i.e., direct meetings between investors and the management of Japanese share issuers in order to provide more detailed corporate analysis and investment information).
In addition, SBI SECURITIES will provide Investor Relations services for Japanese share issuers (including the arrangement of IR interviews with eligible counterparties or professional investors located in the United Kingdom).
Since becoming a member of the SBI Group in December 2021, SBI Shinsei Bank and SIL have been considering opportunities to collaborate with the SBI Group in their business field. This new collaboration aims to achieve one of the goals set in the Medium-Term Vision of SBI Shinsei Bank Group, “Value co- creation with the SBI Group companies” by leveraging the strengths of both SIL and SBI SECURITIES.
Through this collaboration, SBI SECURITIES will have its first base in Europe and a third base globally in addition to two in Asia (Hong Kong and Singapore) – where they are connected to a wide scope of institutional investors. SBI SECURITIES will continue to expand its corporate business by providing high- quality information and services with a focus on the small and mid-cap stocks that SBI SECURITIES specializes in toward overseas institutional investors.
SIL and SBI SECURITIES will be further considering the initiation of Japanese stock brokerage business for later this year, including Public Offering and Initial Public Offering to their clients in the United Kingdom.
