Naming a woman to a senior management position of a Japanese brokerage would have been unthinkable in Japan’s securities industry as recently as 10 years ago. Of course, back then Japanese brokerages were raking in commissions from Japan’s overheating equities market.
Kankaku Securities, owned by Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB) has broken the taboo, and in May appointed Junko Suzuki to the post of managing director.
“I don’t think my becoming general manager has anything to do with my being a woman,” Suzuki told Euromoney.
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