 August 1951 |
Okato Shoji established in Kitahama, Higashi-ku, Osaka City |
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 January 1971 |
Acquired authorization as Futures Commission Merchant at participating exchanges from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry(MITI) |
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 March 1972 |
Obtained associate membership in the Sydney Futures Exchange, launching efforts to internationalize operations |
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 April 1973 |
Began marketing gold bullion upon liberalization of regulations governing gold and gold article imports |
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 March 1982 |
Began trading in gold on commission upon establishment of the Tokyo Gold Exchange (presently known as the Tokyo Commodity Exchange) |
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 April 1986 |
Launched on-line trading system at all offices |
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 November 1988 |
Opened storage center |
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 April 1990 |
Established subsidiary Okato Shoji Singapore Pte. Ltd. (OSS) |
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 June 1990 |
OSS Began trading in the Rubber Association of Singapore (presently known as the Singapore Commodity Exchange) as a guarantee broker |
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 October 1990 |
Launched the gold reserve fund "Turtle Plan" |
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 February 1991 |
Began operating and marketing managed futures fund |
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 March 1991 |
Established Okato Investment Management Co., Ltd.(OIM) |
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 April 1991 |
Opened a New York Representative Office |
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 August 1991 |
Acquired authorization as a Futures Commission Merchant of the first class upon the launch of the classified authorization system based on the revision of applicable laws in 1990 |
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 October 1992 |
Acquired authorization as a Commodity Pool Operator(CPO) (a corporation in charge of asset management) from MAFF and MITI with the enforcement of the Commodity Fund Law |
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 March 1993 |
Established New York subsidiary Okato International (U.S.A.), Inc. |
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 October 1993 |
Launched the platinum reserve fund "Turtle Plan" |
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 September 1994 |
OIM acquired authorization as a Commodity Trading Advisor(CTA) from MAFF and MITI |
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 October 1995 |
Registered shares on the over-the-counter market under the management of the Securities Dealers Association of Japan (presently known as JASDAQ) |
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 September 1996 |
Established Okato Joho Service Co., Ltd. (OJS) |
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 October 1996 |
Launched the "P.O.S.T." (Package Order System Trade) |
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 March 1997 |
Acquired Suzukawa Shoten as a subsidiary (presently known as Sun Capital Management Co., Ltd.) |
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 November 1997 |
Completed new office building in Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
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 November 2001 |
Launched the "Expert II" application software to speed up and customize internet commodity futures transactions |
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 May 2002 |
Launched the foreign exchange margin trade "Forex24SD" |
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 November 2002 |
Launched the internet foreign exchange margin trade "Forex 24" |
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 December 2004 |
Acquired authorization as securities contractual agent from Cabinet Office |
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 April 2005 |
Established the Okato Holdings, Inc. and the Okato Business Service Co., Ltd.(OBS) |
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 February2005 |
OKT CUBIC,Inc. established. |
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