Japan Arrests, Charges SMBC Nikko Officials for Alleged Market Manipulation

Japan Arrests, Charges SMBC Nikko Officials for Alleged Market Manipulation
SMBC Nikko Securities' logo at its headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2017. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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TOKYO—Japan’s SMBC Nikko Securities said on Thursday that executives had been arrested and indicted for alleged market manipulation, following charges from the country’s financial watchdog.

The brokerage unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said in a statement that it could not deny faults within its internal management structure, as it acknowledged charges from Tokyo prosecutors against employees and the company itself.