is a Japanese

financial services Financial services are the Service (economics), economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies, insurance companies, acco ...

holding company headquartered in

Chūō, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward that forms part of the heart of Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself in English as Chūō City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Kyobashi and Nihonbashi wards following Tokyo C ...

. It is mainly involved in providing

brokerage A broker is a person or firm who arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller for a commission when the deal is executed. A broker who also acts as a seller or as a buyer becomes a principal party to the deal. Neither role should be confu ...

services through its subsidiary Tokai Tokio Securities. Tokai Tokyo Securities was formed from a merger between Tokai Maruman Securities and Tokyo Securities in 2009. Tokai Maruman itself was the product of a merger between Maruman and Tokai in 1996. Maruman, Tokai and Tokyo Securities were founded in 1908, 1944 and 1929 respectively. In 2009, the group restructured to create Tokai Tokio Financial Holdings as the listed holding company. The group is present in Asia and the United States through strategic partnerships and alliances. In 2013, it formed business alliances with the

Bank of East Asia The Bank of East Asia Limited, often abbreviated to BEA, is a Hong Kong banking and financial services company, headquartered in Central, Hong Kong. It is currently the largest independent local Hong Kong bank, and one of two remaining family ...

in Hong Kong and Stifel in the United States.

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* * {{Finance links , name=Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc. , symbol=8616.T Financial services companies based in Tokyo Holding companies based in Tokyo Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Holding companies established in 2009 Financial services companies established in 2009 Japanese companies established in 2009