Japan
Our Commitment
BNY has enjoyed an established presence in Japan since 1970. We have continuously built a strong business that currently employs around 170 BNY professionals in Tokyo. Our professionals are dedicated to serving Japanese clients and are distinctly familiar with the Japanese economy, business culture and language.
Milestones
- Establishes Tokyo representative office, 1970
- Launches Tokyo Branch to provide full range of institutional financial services in Japan, 1973
- Provides Global Custody and Securities Lending services to a major Japanese financial institution, 1987
- Creates the first NYSE-listed ADR for a Japanese bank, 1989
- Establishes BNY Mellon Asset Management Japan Limited, 1998 (renamed as BNY Mellon Investment Management Japan Limited in 2020)
- Provides ADR services to the first U.S. single listed program among Japanese companies, 1999
- Establishes The Bank of New York Mellon Securities Company Japan Ltd., 2006
- Launches GW Select Fund "Best Nine" for a major securities firm, 2006
- Serves as collateral agent for first tri-party repurchase agreements in Japan, 2007
- Launches a full range of fund administrative services for offshore funds and private equity funds for Japanese financial institutions, 2008
- Develops comprehensive US securities clearing services for one of Japan's major broker-dealers, 2009
- Completes acquisition of an established Trust Bank business in Japan – The Bank of New York Mellon Trust (Japan), Ltd., 2009
- Launches "Global High Yield Bond Fund" – the first product for bank OTC distribution channel, 2010
- Launches Global Collateral Services, which provides comprehensive services for secured transaction, 2013
- Services depositary receipts to 38 sponsored client issuers with 53 % market share among Japanese companies, as of June 2016