ABOUT US
Daiwa Capital Markets Deutschland GmbH
Daiwa Capital Markets Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main (“DCMD”) was established in 2017 and was granted a licence by Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (“BaFin”) on the 30th of August 2018 to operate as a “Securities Trading Bank” (Wertpapierhandelsbank). A Securities Trading Bank is defined in sec. 1 para. 3d sentence 5 of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz, KWG).
DCMD commenced business on the 3rd September 2018
DCMD will run a “Broker-Dealer Business” and offer Japanese and Asian financial products to European institutional clients and European products to Japanese institutional investors, reflecting the links with, and synergies available across, the Daiwa Group. DCMD will have about 20 experienced people employed in Frankfurt. The Sales team comprises staff from all over Europe, who has relocated to work in Frankfurt to offer our European customers a comprehensive service.
The Daiwa Group has a long history in Germany.
It opened a Representative Office in Frankfurt in 1969, and a Subsidiary in 1973. In March 1999, Daiwa Europe Limited Frankfurt Branch (name changed to Daiwa Europe Capital Markets Limited, Frankfurt Branch) was established and was in operation for 16 years until it was closed in May 2015.
In July 2009 Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited acquired Close Brothers GmbH which was established in Berlin on 4th December 1990. This is now known as Daiwa Corporate Advisory GmbH, Frankfurt and has a branch in Warsaw.