Our Japan Market Advisory Group (MAG) works to support and deepen the UK’s relationship in financial and related professional services with Japan.
We bring together senior practitioners from across the UK-based financial and related professional services industry to influence and provide strategic insight, guidance and support to policymakers as they look to strengthen the bilateral trade and investment relationship.
Our Japan MAG is chaired by Daisuke Mototani, Vice Chairman of Nomura Europe Holdings plc and Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings Inc.
Priorities of the Japan MAG:
Engaging Japanese industry representatives and policymakers to explore issues of mutual interest and opportunities for collaboration.
Building on the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to enhance financial and related professional services trade between the UK and Japan.
Progressing key bilateral work in data, regulatory cooperation and sustainable finance.
Working closely with TheCityUK’s Liberalisation of Trade in Services (LOTIS) Committee on the industry’s objectives for trade and investment policy more broadly.
Recent activity:
In March, we provided direct industry input into the UK–Japan Financial Regulatory Forum and organised an HM Treasury debrief for members on the government-to-government discussions, including the key outcomes and areas for continued engagement between the two markets.
In June, we supported FinCity.Tokyo in delivering the Transition Finance Forum, alongside the City of London Corporation, during London Climate Action Week.
In September, we will lead a senior delegation to Japan to discuss opportunities to strengthen bilateral trade and investment and explore emerging areas of collaboration, including economic security and tokenisation.
For more details about the work of our Japan MAG, please contact us.