Company Profile
History of SMBC Friend Securities Co., Ltd.| April, 1894 | Yamauchi Unosuke Trading founded (later Yamau Securities Co., Ltd.) |
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| September, 1910 | Taguchi Trading founded (later Taguchi Securities Co., Ltd.) |
| August, 1933 | Yamazaki Taneji Trading began its securities business (later Yamazaki Securities) |
| November, 1933 | Ishino Sadao Trading founded (later Ishino Securities) |
| April, 1938 | Shinyei Securities Co., Ltd. founded |
| December, 1945 | Tokyo Shinyei Securities Co., Ltd. founded |
| March, 1948 | Meiko Securities Co., Ltd. founded |
| May, 1948 | National Securities Co., Ltd. founded |
| April, 1964 | Meiko Securities Co., Ltd. merged with Maruya Securities Co., Ltd. and renamed to Meiko Maruya Securities Co., Ltd. |
| January, 1965 | Yamazaki Securities Co., Ltd. renamed to Yamatane Securities Co., Ltd. |
| June, 1973 | Yamatane Securities Co., Ltd. became a general securities company |
| March, 1974 | Meiko Maruya Securities Co., Ltd. renamed to Meiko Securities Co., Ltd. |
| March , 1974 | Yamatane Securities Co., Ltd. listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange (later, in March 1990, listed its stock on the Nagoya Stock Exchange) |
| April, 1974 | Yamau Securities Co., Ltd. renamed to Izumi Securities Co., Ltd. |
| October, 1978 | National Securities Co, Ltd. merged with Tabayashi Securities Co., Ltd. and renamed to National Tabayashi Securities Co., Ltd. |
| April, 1979 | Ishino Securities Co., Ltd. merged with Shinyei Securities Co., Ltd. and Tokyo Shinyei Securities Co., Ltd. and renamed to Shinyei Ishino Securities Co., Ltd. |
| October, 1982 | Taguchi Securities Co., Ltd. and Izumi Securities Co., Ltd. merged and renamed to Izumi Securities Co., Ltd. |
| January, 1983 | National Tabayashi Securities Co., Ltd. renamed to National Securities Co., Ltd. |
| April, 1985 | National Securities Co., Ltd. became a general securities company |
| December, 1985 | Meiko Securities Co., Ltd. became a general securities company |
| August, 1987 | Izumi Securities Co., Ltd. became a general securities company |
| May, 1988 | National Securities Co., Ltd. listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange |
| April, 1989 | Meiko Securities Co., Ltd. listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange |
| April , 1999 | Meiko Securities Co., Ltd. and National Securities Co., Ltd. merged and renamed to Meiko National Securities Co., Ltd. Listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange |
| April , 2000 | Yamatane Securities Co., Ltd. and Shinyei Ishino Securities Co., Ltd. merged and renamed to Sakura Friend Securities Co., Ltd. |
| April, 2003 | Meiko National Securities Co., Ltd. and Sakura Friend Securities Co., Ltd. merged and renamed to SMBC Friend Securities Co., Ltd. |
| April, 2004 | SMBC Friend Securities Co., Ltd. and Izumi Securities Co., Ltd. merged |
| September, 2006 | Became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
