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Net income rose 59.7% to ¥10.44bn as Matsui's equity trading value doubled, but second-quarter ordinary profit fell 13% from the first quarter to ¥7.67bn, and the broker gives no earnings forecast.
Matsui Securities says it is discussing an alliance with Japan Post Bank that includes a possible investment in Matsui, while the bank says only that it is weighing broker tie-ups; both say nothing is decided.
Skyfall priced its IPO at ¥1,500, the top of its range, after bookbuilding demand clustered at the ceiling; the reward-advertising platform is directing most of the roughly ¥1.51bn raised toward hiring and marketing in the US and Europe, with trading set to start September 17.
The disability-support operator will delist from TOKYO PRO Market and Fukuoka PRO Market on October 12, then list on Nagoya's Next market and Fukuoka's Q-Board a day later, funding the move with a share offering whose price is still undecided and starting its first dividend since founding.
Japan's online broker posted a 95% jump in quarterly net income to ¥5.61bn as individual investors doubled their trading during the market's climb to a record ¥72,000 on the Nikkei, yet it still won't forecast full-year profit or a dividend because brokerage results swing heavily with market conditions.
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