Sony Bank Starts Securities Intermediary Service in alliance with Monex Beans, Inc.
December 2, 2005
Sony Bank Inc. (hereafter "Sony Bank"), a 87.4%-owned subsidiary of Sony Financial Holdings Inc., today announced that it will start a securities intermediary service from December 5, 2005, in alliance with Monex Beans, Inc. (hereafter "Monex").
With this alliance, Sony Bank's customers may apply to open a brokerage account at Monex through Sony Bank. In addition, Sony Bank's customers may find the list of Monex's offerings of foreign bonds (new issues), initial public offerings and public offering of stocks, through Sony Bank's service site.
By adding a securities intermediary service to its existing asset management service lineups, Sony Bank will further respond to customers' diverse investment needs.
Note: This information is an English-language summary of a Japanese announcement made by Sony Bank on December 2, 2005. The summary was prepared by Sony Financial Holdings Inc., solely for the convenience of non-Japanese readers.
