Citigroup to list shares in Tokyo, boost branches
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Citigroup  plans to list its shares  in Tokyo and boost the number of its branches in Japan by 40  percent as the U.S. financial group looks to move beyond a  niche role in the world&#39;s second-largest economy.
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Citigroup, the financial giant, is expected to announce an offer to increase its stake in the scandal-tainted Japanese brokerage company the Nikko Cordial Corporation, said a Nikko spokesman, Shigeyuki Teshima. The potential $5 billion deal would mark Citigroupâs resurgence in Japan. Nikko Cordial faces a delisting from the Tokyo stock exchange because of an accounting scandal. According to media reports, the talks are aimed at Citigroup raising its stake in Nikko to above 50 percent, from under 5 percent. A Citigroup spokeswoman, Atsuko Yoshitsugu, declined to comment.
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TOKYO - The House of Councillors Financial Affairs Committee said Monday it has summoned Citibank Japan CEO Douglas Peterson and Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc President Takuo Tsurushima to give unsworn testimony at its meeting Tuesday.
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TOKYO/NEW YORK  - Japan on Friday ordered  Citigroup Inc. C.N to close its Japanese private banking  offices after uncovering a series of problems, including  failing to prevent suspected money laundering.
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Citigroup Inc. has received approval from the Tokyo Stock Exchange to list its shares on the bourse effective Nov. 5, the U.S. banking giant said Monday.
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Citigroup said Tuesday that it had completed its move to take full control of Japanese brokerage house Nikko Cordial Corp., overcoming hurdles from financial difficulties at the US financial powerhouse.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Jun. 22--TOKYO -- The Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. will turn itself into a  holding company Aug. 1 under the leadership of a new president, Atsushi Saito,  following the approval of the plan by its shareholders on Friday.
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Stocks to watch on Monday: CITIGROUP INC. :
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U.S. and European banks including  Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling  sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire  units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal  reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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Citigroup Inc  said on Monday it had received approval to list shares in Tokyo early next month, as the largest U.S. bank continues to boost its presence in the world's second-largest economy.
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange said on Monday it had decided not to strip Nikko Cordial Corp.  of its share listing over an accounting scandal, a surprise decision that could weaken Citigroup's  $10.8 billion takeover bid for the brokerage.
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Citigroup Inc.  plans to increase its China headcount by one-third in 2007, as it opens new branches and boosts its small and medium-sized enterprise business, the top U.S. bank said on Wednesday.
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Citigroup  is likely to list its Japan banking unit on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as early as July, an online Japanese magazine said on Friday.
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Citigroup  sweetened its takeover offer for Japan's Nikko Cordial Corp.  on Tuesday, saying it would pay 1,700 yen a share for the brokerage rather than the 1,350 yen announced initially.
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U.S. and European banks including Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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NEW YORK -- The New York Stock Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange announced an alliance Wednesday that extends the NYSE's global reach and could point the world's two largest financial markets toward an eventual combination.
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Sony's financial unit will be allowed to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange beginning Oct. 11 in an offering worth up to $3.12 billion, the company said Tuesday.