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November 05, 2009

PhillipCapital Group Acquires Atlantic Financial Corporation, Co., Ltd, Japan

Phillip Capital , an integrated financial services group headquartered in Singapore, announced today the acquisition of Atlantic Financial Corporation,co.,Ltd. Established on December 14, 2005, Atlantic Financial Corporation has grown to become a successful FX Margin Trading Brokerage providing online services to the retail market in Japan.


Pursuant to this transaction, Atlantic Financial Corporation will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Phillip Brokerage Pte Ltd, a member of the PhillipCapital Group.


According to Mr. Chellapa Panickar (Representative Director of PhillipCapital Japan K.K. & Phillip Financials K.K.), “The PhillipCapital Group welcomes the addition of Atlantic Financial Corporation into the growing and expanding stable of wholly-owned companies in Japan. This will further boost our presence in the Japanese financial market to provide value-added tools and services for the benefit of our retail and corporate clients throughout Japan.”


About PhillipCapital Group
PhillipCapital is a group of companies which offers a full range of quality and innovative financial services to retail, corporate and institutional customers. PhillipCapital is an integrated financial services provider with approximately 3,500 staff in Asia and Europe and total shareholders’ funds in excess of US$600 million. In Japan, its member companies include Phillip Financials K.K., The Naruse Securities Co., Ltd, Atlantic Financial Corporation,co.,Ltd, Phillip Advisory KK, PhillipCapital Japan K.K. and PhillipCapital Japan Residential Fund.


About Atlantic Financial Corporation,co.,Ltd
Established on December 14, 2005, Atlantic Financial Corporation provides online FX Margin Trading Brokerage services to the retail market in Japan. The company is registered with the Japanese Financial Services Agency (Registration No.: 243,,Financial Instruments and Exchange Law).

          

March 06, 2009

PhillipCapital Acquires All About Financial Service

Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) – PhillipCapital, an integrated financial services group headquartered in Singapore, announced today the acquisition of All About Financial Service, Inc. from All About, Inc. (Jasdaq 2454). Established in 2006 All About Financial Service, Inc. has grown to become one of the largest and most respected independent financial advisers (IFA) in Japan. Pursuant to this transaction All About Financial Service Inc. will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of PhillipCapital Japan KK. C. Jeffrey Char, President of PhillipCapital Japan KK will serve as the Representative Director of All About Financial Service, Inc.


PhillipCapital group has several hundred IFAs in Singapore and Hong Kong offering independent advice on financial matters to their clients and recommending suitable financial products from the whole of the market. According to Mr. Char, “PhillipCapital will leverage its overseas IFA experience and network to provide exceptional service to quality advisers and clients throughout Japan.”


About PhillipCapital Group
PhillipCapital is a group of companies which offers a full range of quality and innovative financial services to retail, corporate and institutional customers. PhillipCapital is an integrated financial services provider with approximately 3000 staff in Asia and Europe and total shareholders’ funds in excess of US$300 million. In Japan, member companies include PhillipCapital Japan, All About Financial Service, Phillip Financials, Naruse Securities and PhillipCapital Japan Residential Fund. For more information, please visit www.phillip.co.jp.


About All About Financial Service
Established in 2006 All About Financial Service, Inc. has grown to become one of the largest and most respected independent financial advisers in Japan. The company is a registered sales agent for financial instruments with the Japanese Financial Services Agency (Registration No: 279, Financial Instruments and Exchange Law).


Contact:

PhillipCapital Japan KK
Tel: +81- 3-3595-3631
Fax: +81- 3-3595-3630
e-mail: info_pcj@phillip.co.jp
http://www.phillip.co.jp

          

January 21, 2009

PhillipCapital Group's founder and Chairman, Lim Hua Min, was featured in an article titled "One-stop global access to investors" in the March issue of “Money Japan.”

In the article Mr. Lim discusses how PhillipCapital Group offers one-stop global access to investors, even including innovating new financial products such as CFDs.

Read the full article here.

          

June 08, 2007

PhillipCapital Japan Announces Initial Closing of Venture Fund

Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2007 – (JCN Newswire) –PhillipCapital Japan announced the successful initial closing of PhillipCapital Global I Limited Partnership, its first venture capital fund in Japan as of May 31, 2007. PhillipCapital Global I will invest initially in GVC V LP, a fund managed by Global Venture Capital focusing on early stage investments in companies in Japan as well as overseas. Total committed capital for the venture fund as of the initial closing is 1.7 billion yen.


About The PhillipCapital Group


PhillipCapital is a group of companies which offers a full range of quality and innovative financial services to retail, corporate and institutional customers. PhillipCapital is an integrated financial services provider with approximately 3000 staff in Asia and Europe and total shareholders’ funds in excess of US$300 million. In Japan, member companies include PhillipCapital Japan, PhillipCapital Real Estate Japan, Phillip Financials, Phillip Futures and Naruse Securities. For more information, please visit http://www.phillip.co.jp/.


About Global Venture Capital


GVC is an independent, Tokyo-based partnership in the business of managing venture capital funds. The individuals constituting GVC have been active in entrepreneurship, venture capital and private equity globally for over 20 years. Since 1997, GVC has been responsible for managing a series of venture capital funds with total committed capital of 6.3 billion yen, which has been directly invested in over 30 companies both inside and outside of Japan. Direct investments in portfolio companies have resulted in six IPO's to date. As a result, GVC has achieved a gross, aggregate IRR of well over 100% for its investors. For more information, please visit
http://www.gvc.jp/.


Contact:


Mariko Koike
PhillipCapital Japan KK
Tel: +81-3-3595-3631
Fax: +81-3-3595-3630
e-mail: info@phillip.co.jp
URL: http://www.phillip.co.jp

          

September 27, 2006

PhillipCapital Hires Commodity Futures Executive in Japan

Tokyo, Japan, September 27, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) – PhillipCapital, an integrated financial services group headquartered in Singapore, announced today that it has recruited Kenichiro Takamura to spearhead growth at Crevo Co., Ltd. (http://www.crevo.co.jp/), a Japanese commodity futures trading company it recently agreed to acquire. Takamura, a senior executive with more than 30 years of commodity futures and foreign exchange industry experience formerly headed USS Forex Co., Ltd.


Commenting on the appointment, C. Jeffrey Char, Representative Director and President of PhillipCapital Japan, said: “Ken’s vast experience in the commodity futures and foreign exchange markets will be a great contribution to PhillipCapital. We are looking forward to having him join us as a key member of our management team in order to lead Crevo through the ongoing restructuring in the Japanese commodity futures market. His appointment underscores PhillipCapital’s commitment to being a leading player and role model in the Japanese commodity futures industry.”


About Crevo Co., Ltd.
Established in 1955, Crevo Co., Ltd. is a member of The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM), The Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) and The Central Japan Commodity Exchange (C-Com). It is licensed as a futures broker by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agruculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Crevo offers execution, clearing and broking services of precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum, energy such as gasoline, oil, and kerosene, and agricultural products such as corn, beans and coffee. For more information, please visit
www.crevo.co.jp.


About The PhillipCapital Group
PhillipCapital is a group of companies which offers a full range of quality and innovative financial services to retail, corporate and institutional customers. PhillipCapital is an integrated financial services provider with approximately 3000 staff in Asia and Europe and total shareholders’ funds in excess of US$300 million. In Japan, member companies include PhillipCapital Japan, PhillipCapital Real Estate Japan, Phillip Financials, Naruse Securities and Crevo. For more information, please visit
www.phillip.co.jp.


Contact:
PhillipCapital Japan KK
Ayumi Takemura
Marketing Department
Tel: +81- 3-3595-3631
Fax: +81- 3-3595-3630
e-mail: info_pcj@phillip.co.jp
http://www.phillip.co.jp

Crevo Co., Ltd.
Hideo Sugimoto
Tel: +81-3-5651-2111
Fax: +81-3-3662-5700
e-mail: online@crevo.co.jp
http://www.crevo.co.jp/

          

September 25, 2006

PhillipCapital Announces the Acquisition of Crevo Co., Ltd.

Tokyo, Japan, September 25, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) – PhillipCapital, an integrated financial services group headquartered in Singapore, announced today that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Crevo Co., Ltd. (http://www.crevo.co.jp/), a Japanese commodity futures trading company on September 29, 2006. In addition, Crevo will also increase its capital by 200 million yen in a private placement with PhillipCapital.


C. Jeffrey Char, President of PhillipCapital Japan commented, “We are very excited with the opportunity to welcome the Crevo team to the PhillipCapital group and are confident that they will enable us to offer a more diversified and synergistic set of solutions to all of our customers in Japan as well as overseas.


Crevo’s Representative Director and President, Junki Imamura, said that the acquisition will be a great benefit to Crevo’s clients and partners. “It will allow us to dedicate far greater resources to our current offerings as well as to leverage the full breadth of PhillipCapital’s resources and experience. With the strength of the PhillipCapital group behind us, we will have increased capacity to improve our services and to satisfy our customers.


About Crevo Co., Ltd.
Established in 1955, Crevo Co., Ltd. is a member of The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM), The Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) and The Central Japan Commodity Exchange (C-Com). It is licensed as a futures broker by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agruculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Crevo offers execution, clearing and broking services of precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum, energy such as gasoline, oil, and kerosene, and agricultural products such as corn, beans and coffee.


About The PhillipCapital Group
PhillipCapital is a group of companies which offers a full range of quality and innovative financial services to retail, corporate and institutional customers. PhillipCapital is an integrated financial services provider with approximately 3000 staff in Asia and Europe and total shareholders’ funds in excess of US$300 million. In Japan, member companies include PhillipCapital Japan, PhillipCapital Real Estate Japan, Phillip Financials, Naruse Securities and Crevo.


Contact:
PhillipCapital Japan KK
Ayumi Takemura
Marketing Department
Tel: +81- 3-3595-3631
Fax: +81- 3-3595-3630
e-mail: info_pcj@phillip.co.jp
http://www.phillip.co.jp

Crevo Co., Ltd.
Hideo Sugimoto
Tel: +81-3-5651-2111
Fax: +81-3-3662-5700
e-mail: online@crevo.co.jp
http://www.crevo.co.jp/

          

February 01, 2006

PhillipCapital Opens New Office in Japan !

Nagata-cho Bldg

PhillipCapital Japan KK and Phillip Financials KK of PhillipCapital group in Japan moved to the new office in Nagata-cho.


The new contact information is below:


Office Address


Nagata-cho Bldg., 8F, 2-4-3 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo100-0014 Japan - Map


PhillipCapital Japan KK
Tel: +81-3-3595-3631
Fax: +81-3-3595-3630

Phillip Financials KK
Tel: +81-3-3595-3621
Fax: +81-3-3595-3625
Website: www.phillipfinancials.com