Japan: Amid turmoil, Morgan Stanley gains local clout

Daiwa, Nikko split from commercial partners; Kirin/Suntory shows corporate Japan’s pragmatism

  Morgan Stanley Japan Securities president Jonathan Kindred, Morgan Stanley co-president Walid Chammah, MUFG president and CEO Nobuo Kuroyanagi and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Securities president Fumiyuki Akikusa shake hands in Tokyo on March 26

From left to right: Morgan Stanley Japan Securities president Jonathan Kindred, Morgan Stanley co-president Walid Chammah, MUFG president and CEO Nobuo Kuroyanagi and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Securities president Fumiyuki Akikusa shake hands in Tokyo on March 26

UPDATE: Morgan Stanley/MUFG agreement goes from potential feast to dog’s dinner

19 November 2009

Morgan Stanley’s new tie-up with Mitsubishi UFJ Securities has begun to bear fruit for the US bank, amid yet another period of turmoil for Japan’s local investment banking franchises.

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