Rakuten Securities Parent Discloses Strong Financial Results in Q1 2017
- One of the group’s subsidiaries, Rakuten Securities, is one of the largest Japanese FX brokers.

Tokyo-based electronic commerce and internet giant Rakuten Inc. today reported its consolidated financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2017, which showed strong and steady growth across key operating metrics compared to 2016.
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One of the group’s subsidiaries, Rakuten Securities, is one of the largest Japanese FX brokers, and operates regional businesses including in Hong Kong, following an Acquisition Acquisition Acquisition means acquiring or taking possession or the securing of property, services, or abilities. To put it simply, it is the act or process of acquiring or gaining. You can acquire a work of art, you can acquire an ability such as speaking another language, you can acquire a business or shares in a company and you can acquire an accountant's service. For example, you can acquire a new car. In a broad sense, Acquisition can mean the act of taking ownership or possession of something. There Acquisition means acquiring or taking possession or the securing of property, services, or abilities. To put it simply, it is the act or process of acquiring or gaining. You can acquire a work of art, you can acquire an ability such as speaking another language, you can acquire a business or shares in a company and you can acquire an accountant's service. For example, you can acquire a new car. In a broad sense, Acquisition can mean the act of taking ownership or possession of something. There Read this Term of one of FXCM’s prior businesses nearly two years ago.
For Q1 2017, Rakuten Inc. revealed that revenues from continuing operations pointed higher, coming in at ¥212.07 billion ($1.86 billion), a gain of 17.6 percent YoY from ¥180.30 billion ($1.58 billion) in the three months ending March 31, 2016. Additionally, Rakuten group yielded an operating income of ¥40.4 billion ($354 million) during the three months through to March 2017, a gain of 73.2 percent from only ¥23.3billion ($204 million) the year earlier.
The same narrative was noted across the net income metric, with the group’s profit in Q1 2017 coming in at ¥ 25.3 billion ($222 million) which is up 107.0 percent compared to ¥12.09 billion ($106 million) in Q1 2016.
Earlier this month, Finance Magnates reported on Rakuten Securities when the company was granted regulatory approval in Malaysia via a joint venture with Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad. The latest iteration of the joint venture between Rakuten Securities and Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad builds on an existing partnership dating to April 2016, in which both venues agreed to collaborate on providing online brokerage services through Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd (formerly Known As EB Global JV Sdn Bhd).
Tokyo-based electronic commerce and internet giant Rakuten Inc. today reported its consolidated financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2017, which showed strong and steady growth across key operating metrics compared to 2016.
The London Summit 2017 is coming, get involved!
One of the group’s subsidiaries, Rakuten Securities, is one of the largest Japanese FX brokers, and operates regional businesses including in Hong Kong, following an Acquisition Acquisition Acquisition means acquiring or taking possession or the securing of property, services, or abilities. To put it simply, it is the act or process of acquiring or gaining. You can acquire a work of art, you can acquire an ability such as speaking another language, you can acquire a business or shares in a company and you can acquire an accountant's service. For example, you can acquire a new car. In a broad sense, Acquisition can mean the act of taking ownership or possession of something. There Acquisition means acquiring or taking possession or the securing of property, services, or abilities. To put it simply, it is the act or process of acquiring or gaining. You can acquire a work of art, you can acquire an ability such as speaking another language, you can acquire a business or shares in a company and you can acquire an accountant's service. For example, you can acquire a new car. In a broad sense, Acquisition can mean the act of taking ownership or possession of something. There Read this Term of one of FXCM’s prior businesses nearly two years ago.
For Q1 2017, Rakuten Inc. revealed that revenues from continuing operations pointed higher, coming in at ¥212.07 billion ($1.86 billion), a gain of 17.6 percent YoY from ¥180.30 billion ($1.58 billion) in the three months ending March 31, 2016. Additionally, Rakuten group yielded an operating income of ¥40.4 billion ($354 million) during the three months through to March 2017, a gain of 73.2 percent from only ¥23.3billion ($204 million) the year earlier.
The same narrative was noted across the net income metric, with the group’s profit in Q1 2017 coming in at ¥ 25.3 billion ($222 million) which is up 107.0 percent compared to ¥12.09 billion ($106 million) in Q1 2016.
Earlier this month, Finance Magnates reported on Rakuten Securities when the company was granted regulatory approval in Malaysia via a joint venture with Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad. The latest iteration of the joint venture between Rakuten Securities and Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad builds on an existing partnership dating to April 2016, in which both venues agreed to collaborate on providing online brokerage services through Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd (formerly Known As EB Global JV Sdn Bhd).