History

DC Advisory launches its Private Capital Markets practice by appointing US leaders, Michael Moore and Jono Peters, based in New York City

DC Advisory expands its global footprint and established CEE and DACH presence, with the opening of DC Advisory Austria based in Vienna, led by newly appointed Managing Directors Klaus Vukovich and Alexandra Nagle

The deal marks the continued growth of DC Advisory’s international footprint - and makes IBI Corporate Finance – powered by DC Advisory, the only independent international investment bank in the country.

The Netherlands office launched in Jan 2022 to deepen DC Advisory’s Benelux coverage, as part of its commitment to deliver international excellence to clients.

DC Advisory Thailand is launched, as parent company Daiwa Securities Group Inc.’s Singapore entity, enters into a joint venture with 9 Basil Co., Ltd. and strategic investors in Thailand.

DC Advisory Italy further connects existing international sector teams and relationships with the Italian mid-market.

Daiwa acquires independent Spanish investment bank, Montalbán, to expand DC Advisory's presence across mainland Europe.

US boutique investment banks Sagent Advisors and Signal Hill are acquired and merged, to strengthen DC Advisory's US presence.

Prior to its acquisition by Daiwa in July 2009, Close Brothers Corporate Finance was the advisory business of Close Brothers plc. It bolstered its UK business through the acquisitions of the corporate finance teams of Hill Samuel and Rea Brothers and extended its European capabilities through the acquisition of leading advisory firms in France, Germany and Spain and formed a longstanding, and ongoing, partnership with Danske Bank in Scandinavia.

Forerunner of today's Daiwa Securities Group, Fujimoto Bill Broker opened its doors in 1902 in Osaka, Japan.

Close Brothers merchant bank was formed by William Brooks Close and his two brothers who successfully bought and leased farmland in the American mid-west. In 1897, spotting the opportunity that came with the gold rush for transport to remote regions of Canada and Alaska the Close Brothers bought the right to build a railway into the Yukon. The success of that venture provided the foundations for their development into a major merchant bank.