Capital markets
 

• Foreign Exchange

In Tokyo, Calyon has established a complete team of spot, forward, and options traders and sales. Our dedicated FX structuring teams work with Japan's leading financial institutions and corporations to design sophisticated hedging solutions.
 

• Interest Rate Derivatives

The team provides advanced investment tools with interest rates, forex and commodities as underlying, ranging from plain vanilla solutions to the most complex customized structured notes. Fully integrated into the Group's research and trading teams in Europe, Calyon Securities has been recognised by the leading financial institutions in Japan as one of the market's leading firms in this field. Its extensive origination network throughout Europe enables Calyon to propose the widest range of borrowers. Calyon is also a well-established JGB provider and trader in the market.
 

• Credit Derivatives

Tokyo Structuring and Trading teams are supported by the bank's network of credit analysts, quantitative engineers and structuring specialists in London, Paris, Hong Kong and New York. We trade and sell bonds, structures, hybrid and vanilla. Being one of the world's largest commercial banks, Calyon has a deep credit origination capacity, especially in Europe.

• Equity Derivatives

The Equity Derivatives group brings its experience to Japan Calyon's advanced technology in the fields of exotic, vanilla and convertible trading as well as program arbitrage. Its structuring teams are able to design a complete range of yield enhancement products in the current low interest rate environment, in yen or foreign currencies. They can also structure equity hedging and equity financing solutions, as well as portfolio swap transactions.

As part of a fully integrated Equity Derivatives business line, Calyon Securities has the capability to provide Japanese clients with products using underlyings (single stocks, index or tailor-made baskets) of all stock markets (US, Japan, Europe, Asian markets).

Brokerage
 

• Equity brokerage - CA Cheuvreux

CA Cheuvreux is the European broking arm of the Crédit Agricole group. Its research is highly appreciated by an international institutional client base and ranked No. 1 for French equities, No. 1 for small and midcap research in Europe and No. 2 for pan-European Equities sales. Its clients also value the performance of its full range of execution services in over 60 countries. Cheuvreux is present in 14 countries across Europe, the US, the Middle East and Japan and has been offering research and brokerage services on European equities to Japanese clients since 1988. We also organise company and analysts' roadshows for this clientele. This offer is distributed by dedicated staff at Calyon Securities in Japan, and in our Paris office.
For more information, please visit http://www.cheuvreux.com.
 

• Newedge

Formerly Calyon Financial, Newedge is a 50/50 joint venture between Calyon and Société Générale, is a global futures and options brokerage firm serving institutional clients that provides comprehensive trade execution, risk management and state-of-the-art clearing services in an STP environment. Founded in 1987, Newedge has become a leading institutional futures firm, consistently ranked among the largest in terms of customer volume on all major futures exchanges. Newedge does not engage in proprietary trading, and its operations are separate from the Calyon proprietary teams to ensure client confidentiality. Our Asian desks are located in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Singapore. We hold a substantial market share in Japanese Government Bonds, Nikkei 225, Kospi 200, Korean Treasury Bonds, Hang Seng Futures, and SGX products. Newedge is a leader in offering high end, dependable and secure, electronic, connectivity to markets via our proprietary market access system, FRONTIERS.
For more information, please visit http://www.newedgegroup.com.
 

• CLSA Research and Brokerage

With its headquarters in Hong Kong, CLSA is the Investment Banking, Equity Brokerage and Private Equity arm of Calyon in Asia. It is widely recognised as a leader in equity brokerage and investment banking services in the region. In Japan Calyon Securities offers under the CLSA tradename research and brokerage services to international and local investors. CLSA's research has long been accepted as the benchmark for excellence amongst institutional investors, brokers and investment banks throughout Asia-Pacific markets.
For more detailed information, please visit http://www.clsa.com.

Investment banking

The Corporate Finance team proposes advisory services and comprehensive solutions to corporations and financial institutions in the field of M&A, reorganisation, restructuring and cross-border. Our investment bankers have extensive experience in debt and equity transactions, as well as Japanese tax and accounting. They are supported by our global regional centers in Paris, London, New York and Hong Kong.
 

Structured finance

The Structured Finance Department proposes financial advisory and arrangement services for medium to long term asset and/or project based financing in JPY or any other major currencies on a recourse or non-recourse basis. It also proposes services as well as aviation or other transportation finance, project finance, telecom finance, export credit, real estate and hotel finance, and acquisition finance with global coverage.

Trade Finance: specially structured transactions and forfaiting in addition to the traditional transactions such as opening L/C, negotiation and collection of export bills.

Japanese operating lease: the leasing subsidiary in Japan proposes arrangement services for aircraft operating leases in coordination with Calyon's Aviation Group.

Syndicated loans

Calyon's high placement and underwriting capability place it among the leading actors of the syndication market worldwide.

The bank can arrange syndicated loans and commitment facilities for short and medium terms in either Japanese yen or major foreign currencies.

Cash management and e-banking

This enables clients to inquire into balance of accounts from different banks in different countries and instruct foreign remittances using an electronic banking system. 

Corporate banking

• Financial derivative: origination of plain vanilla forward foreign exchange, IRS, CIRS, cap, floor and option to tailor-made structured products promoted by Calyon Securities.
• Off-balancing: origination of ABCP and ABS in cooperation with Calyon Securities and other types of products for off-balancing of assets.
• Guarantee: tax payment, income tax payment, stand-by L/C, and bid, performance, refundment, advance payment or other type of trade related guarantees.
• Loan: short and medium term loans with tailor-made structure.
• Private placement: arrangement of private placement.