Recruitment and Rapid Development of Specialized Talent

「From FY2025, we substantially raised starting salary levels for new graduates to strengthen our competitiveness in the graduate recruitment market. The starting salary for new graduates is ¥400,000 per month, which has also been recognized in external surveys as being among the highest levels offered by companies.」

「Going forward, we intend to accelerate proactive investments, including M&A.」

「Against this backdrop, based on the view that its people are the source of the Group's competitiveness, the company has substantially increased starting salaries for new graduates as part of its investment in personnel and is actively working to secure and develop outstanding talent and strengthen the organization.」

「In terms of earnings, due to active investment in personnel and other factors, operating profit decreased 37.8% year on year to ¥519 million, ordinary profit decreased 37.4% to ¥522 million, and interim net profit attributable to owners of the parent decreased 36.1% to ¥356 million.」

「In addition to actively hiring outstanding personnel regardless of whether they are new graduates or experienced hires, we continuously hold in-house study sessions to help them acquire practical knowledge and provide various training programs on appropriate compliance. While promoting the rapid development of newly recruited personnel into productive employees, we will build and operate a stable, integrated enterprise risk management (ERM) structure by appointing suitable personnel and assigning them appropriately to raise the capabilities of our workforce as a whole.」

「In terms of earnings, the results were below the same period of the previous year because selling, general and administrative expenses increased due to the strengthening of JOIB's personnel structure and system investments in securities transfer agency and other operations.」

「In terms of earnings, the results were below the same period of the previous year because selling, general and administrative expenses increased due to the strengthening of the personnel structure at consolidated subsidiary JOIB and system investments in securities transfer agency and other operations.」

「Profit was below the same period of the previous year because selling, general and administrative expenses increased as a result of proactive investments in personnel and systems, including systems for securities transfer agency services.」

「株式会社アイ・アール ジャパン, a wholly owned subsidiary of our group and a Type I Financial Instruments Business Operator, and 株式会社JOIB (Japan Originated Investment Bank, Inc.), established in February this year, continue to secure equity consulting engagements at a high level as highly agile investment banks. As completely independent financial consulting firms with a unique position, they provide sophisticated analysis and solutions while standing fully alongside a diverse range of clients who are highly sensitive to mounting capital risks, and can consistently undertake the execution of actual corporate and business reorganisations, both defence and offence. They have a large number of highly specialised personnel.」

「We are accelerating the strengthening of our research structure, which conducts our own thorough research and analysis of the voting activities of more than 5,000 pension funds and asset managers worldwide by making full use of cutting-edge AI and systems,」

「For these large-scale engagements, we fully recognize that strengthening day-to-day relationships with listed-company customers through our Group's core SR advisory business is the most important task. At the same time, we are actively expanding the SR division's front-line personnel and research staff working to develop unique new voting-related services,」

「The company worked to improve the quality of its SR consulting front-line personnel.」

「We continue to actively recruit and promote outstanding personnel regardless of whether they are new graduates or experienced hires. By continuously holding in-house study sessions to help employees acquire practical knowledge, various training programs led by management and practical OJT programs, we will rapidly develop newly recruited personnel into productive employees while raising the capabilities of our workforce as a whole.」

「In the investment banking division, securing specialist personnel, including certified public accountants, attorneys and professionals with M&A advisory experience, at the new Marunouchi office has begun to bear fruit,」

「The company established an investment banking department office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district in January 2018, and the benefits of assembling a powerful new structure at the new office, adding experts in accounting, legal affairs and other areas to professionals handling M&A and proxy work and enabling the company to respond to every type of situation, have steadily begun to emerge.」

「On 9 January of the current year, the company gathered at its newly established Marunouchi office a group of investment banking professionals with expertise in accounting, banking, finance and compliance,」

「In addition to the existing pipeline, increasing staffing from the previous fiscal year has led to an increase in new engagements, and the organization is now equipped to operate at full scale.」

「At the same time, we are proceeding with the hiring of outstanding personnel as a form of upfront investment. By leveraging the distinctive strengths of our Group's investment banking business and accurately identifying customers' increasingly diverse needs, we will work as one to build a stable earnings base going forward.」

「Accordingly, we need to recruit personnel with expertise in areas including legal affairs, finance, accounting and management from a wide range of sources, and we are actively recruiting both new graduates and experienced hires. Rapidly developing newly hired personnel into productive employees is also a challenge.」

「To expand the business going forward, it is important to secure personnel capable of devising new services that contribute to the development of the capital markets, in addition to providing our Group's existing services. Accordingly, we need to recruit personnel with expertise in areas including legal affairs, finance, accounting and management from a wide range of sources, and we are actively recruiting both new graduates and experienced hires.」