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Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. Financial services is also the term used to describe organizations that deal with the management of money. Banks, investment banks, insurance companies, credit card companies and stock brokerages, are examples of the types of firms comprising the industry, which provides a variety of money and investment related services. Financial services is the largest industry (or industry category) in the world, in terms of earnings; as of 2004, the industry represents 20% of the market capitalization of the S&P 500.*
History of financial services
United States: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
The term financial services became more prevalent in the United States partly as a result of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of the late 1990s, which enabled different types of companies in the US financial services industry to merge. Critics of this act say the term financial services attempts to make the unison of these operations sound natural, ignoring the history of problems that have arisen from combining them, such as conflicts of interest and monopolization. Others, noting that many of the restrictions abolished by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act had never existed in other countries or had been abolished earlier than in the US, say the term financial services is a natural one, in long term use, which means nothing more than its constituent words.In the USA almost every company now which previously described themselves as a bank, insurance company, or brokerage house, now describes themselves in some way as a financial services institution. Allstate Insurance, for example, now provides CDs and investment brokerage services. Bank of America offers full featured brokerage products, while E*TRADE has expanded into offering bank accounts and loans. Companies usually have two distinct approaches to this new type of business. One approach would be a bank which simply buys an insurance company or an investment bank, keeps the original brands of the acquired firm, and adds the acquisition to its holding company simply to diversify its earnings. Outside the US, e.g., in Japan, non-financial services companies are permitted within the holding company. In this scenario, each company still looks independent, and has its own customers, etc. This is essentially the style of Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase.
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Co. - Supports clients with advisory services from auditing to preparation for initial public offerings, and business consulting.
Meta Description: [ KPMG AZSA&Co. is one of Japan’s largest audit corporations, fielding a team of approximately 3,000 people in 47 offices across the country. ]
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Analytica Japan - Provides financial research services on Japan. Includes online briefings, reports, papers, and databases.
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Asia Securities Printing Co.,Ltd. - Provides financial information, investor relations information, and IPO updates to customers from annual financial reports and public companies.
Business Associates Co., Ltd. - Offers tax, accounting, and consulting services, as well as IT networks, training, and support. Based in Minato-ku, Tokyo.
Meta Description: [ Plaza-i:a bilingual and multi-currency ERP package provided by Business Associates founded by four Japanese CPAs who are experts in computer, accounting and taxation. ]
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Corporate Accounting System - Provides a framework and characteristics of the corporate accounting system in Japan.
Credit Saison Co., Ltd. - Provides corporate and financial information, shareholder information, and news.
Daiwa Institute of Research - Research and support into international and domestic economies, financial and capital markets.
DFK International - Provides services in accounting, taxation, and human resources.
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HTM - American owned company in Japan providing outsourcing services to foreign subsidiaries such as accounting, payroll, tax, legal administration, and human resources.
Meta Description: [ Outsourced accounting, payroll, human resources, and general administration services integrated into your Japan subsidiary. ]
Internet Margin Foreign Exchange Trading - Offers 24 hour online leveraged FX trading platform, real time price feeds, interbank spreads,interactive charting, glossary, online and phone trading.
Japan Private Equity Co., Ltd. - An MA intermediary company that takes over management rights of target companies by MBO as well as a general partner of a MBO fund. Based in Tokyo.
JDB Network (USA) Japan Market Access - JDB Network (USA) brings US companies into Japan through distributor searches, entry strategy formulation and implementation, and translation.
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Letace - A futures commission merchant active in futures broking and trading, fund set-up, management, administration, and sales, import, export, and sales of commodities, and market information services.
Lloyds TSB Japan - GoLloyds is a quick, easy and inexpensive way to send funds from Japan to accounts overseas through the convenience of a bank ATM machine.
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Mizuho Securities - Financial Market Resources - Research and links to English language resources on the Japanese economy, finance, politics and law.
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