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23-577: IFC Mall may refer to: IFC Mall (Hong Kong) IFC Mall (Seoul) IFC Mall (Shanghai) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title IFC Mall . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IFC_Mall&oldid=908297811 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

46-462: A controlling stake of cross shareholdings and manages financial assistance among member companies which help to deflect hostile takeovers. Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. is a Japanese financial services company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NHI), which forms part of the Nomura Group . It plays a central role in the securities business, the group's core business. Nomura

69-506: A length of 230 m, making it the world's largest advertisement ever put on a skyscraper. Tower 1 is also known as 1IFC and branded in lowercase letters, as " One ifc ". Likewise, Tower 2 is also known as 2IFC and branded as " Two ifc ". 1IFC opened in December 1998, towards the end of the Asian financial crisis . Tenants included ING Bank , Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp , Fidelity International ,

92-567: A wide variety of restaurants. Anchored by Lane Crawford , PALACE Cinema (part of Broadway Circuit) , and C!ty'super , the first official Apple Store was also located in this mall (a 3-storey flagship store in Hong Kong). In May 2018, the first Shake Shack restaurant in Hong Kong was opened in the mall. The IFC towers have been featured in several Hollywood films, including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life , where Lara Croft leaps off

115-768: Is a financial services group and global investment bank. Based in Tokyo , Japan , with regional headquarters in Hong Kong , London , and New York , Nomura employs about 26,000 staff worldwide; it is known as Nomura Securities International in the US, and Nomura International plc. in EMEA . It operates through five business divisions: retail (in Japan), global markets, investment banking, merchant banking, and asset management. Established December 25, 1925 in Osaka , it

138-513: Is a luxury hotel that was built near IFC One and Two. It was completed and opened in October 2005. The 206 m (674 ft), 60-storey oceanfront hotel is the only Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong. The hotel has 399 guest suites, and 519 serviced apartments. Amenities include a French restaurant Caprice and spa. The IFC Mall is an 74,000 square metres (800,000 sq ft), 4-storey luxury shopping mall , with many luxury retail brands and

161-601: Is attached to the second phase of the ifc mall. This 412-metre-tall (1,351.7 ft), building, currently Hong Kong's second tallest, is quoted as having 88 storeys and 22 high-ceiling trading floors to qualify as being extremely auspicious in Cantonese culture . It is, however, short of the magic number, because "taboo floors" like the 14th and 24th floors are omitted as being inauspicious – in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese , "4"

184-461: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages IFC Mall (Hong Kong) The International Finance Centre (abbreviated as IFC ) is a skyscraper and integrated commercial development on the waterfront of Hong Kong 's Central District . A prominent landmark on Hong Kong Island , IFC consists of two skyscrapers (1 IFC and 2 IFC), the IFC mall, and

207-439: Is expected to close on March 31, 2020. Greentech will be rebranded to "Nomura Greentech" and will form part of their Investment Banking franchise in the U.S. The marketing slogan of Nomura is "Connecting Markets East & West". Nomura Holdings, Inc. is the holding company of the Nomura Group and the group's principal member. As a keiretsu , Nomura Holdings, Inc. does not directly run member companies, rather it keeps

230-501: Is of similar height to the former World Trade Center . The Airport Express Hong Kong station is directly beneath it, with subway lines to Hong Kong International Airport . IFC was constructed and is owned by IFC Development, a consortium of Sun Hung Kai Properties , Henderson Land and Towngas . In 2003, Financial Times , HSBC , and Cathay Pacific put up an advertisement on the facade that stretched more than 50 storeys , covering an area of 19,000 m (200,000 square ft) and

253-486: Is pronounced similarly to "death". The highrise is designed to accommodate financial institutions. For example, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is located at the 55th floor. It is equipped with advanced telecommunications, raised floors for flexible cabling management, and nearly column-free floor plans. The building expects to accommodate up to 15,000 people. It is one of relatively few buildings in

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276-547: Is the oldest brokerage firm in Japan. It is named after its founder Tokushichi Nomura II , a wealthy Japanese businessman and investor. Nomura was founded by Tokushichi Nomura, father of Nomura Securities founder Tokushichi Nomura II as a money changing business. This was just before the Meiji Restoration , the move to setting up a bank was a logical extension and progression of this business as times changed. Changes included

299-676: The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority and the Financial Times . The Hong Kong Monetary Authority purchased 14 floors in 2IFC; the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation signed a 12-year lease on 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m ); Nomura Group agreed to take 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m ) at 2 IFC; the Financial Times , an existing tenant at One IFC, took 10,000 sq ft (900 m ). Ernst & Young took six floors (from

322-651: The bond market . It was named after its founder Tokushichi Nomura II , a wealthy Japanese businessman and investor. He had earlier established Osaka Nomura bank in 1918, based on the Mitsui zaibatsu model with a capital of ¥10 million. Like the majority of Japanese conglomerates , or zaibatsu , its origins were in Osaka , but today operates out of Tokyo. NSC gained the authority to trade stock in 1938, and went public in 1961. In October 2008, Nomura acquired most of Lehman Brothers ' Asian operations together with its European equities and investment banking units to make one of

345-496: The 11th to 18th floors), or about 180,000 square feet (16,700 m ), in 2IFC, to become the biggest tenant. 2IFC, which was completed at the height of the SARS epidemic, was initially available to rent at HK$ 25-HK$ 35 per square foot. In 2007, as the economy has improved, high quality (" Grade A ") office space is highly sought after; rents for current leases are $ 150 per square foot as of March 2007. One International Finance Centre

368-597: The 55-storey Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong , respectively. 2 IFC is the second- tallest building in Hong Kong at a height of 412 m (1,351.7 ft), behind the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon , and the 38th-tallest building in the world. It is the fourth-tallest building in the Greater China region and the eighth-tallest office building in the world, based on structural heights ; it

391-620: The founding of stock exchanges in Tokyo and Osaka as the country became industrialised. Key amongst these changes was the Japanese government's decision to issue foreign currency denominated public bonds to fund the Russo-Japanese war ; Nomura employed English speaking staff so that they could take on this international business. By 1906 Nomura had founded an in-house research department headed up by former Osaka newspaper journalist Kisaku Hashimoto. This

414-576: The owners decided not to allow renaming of the building. Current office tenants include Banco Santander, Baring Private Equity Asia, BGC Partners, Blackstone Group, BNP Paribas, China Universal Asset Management , Citadel, Coatue Management, DST Advisors, E Fund Management, Hillhouse Capital, Hony Capital, Investec Asset Management, Jefferies, Lazard, Lexington Partners, Millennium Management, Nomura, Sidley Austin LLP, Silver Lake, State Street Bank & Trust Company, UBS and Warburg Pincus. The Four Seasons Hotel

437-495: The purchase of Lehman's Asia-Pacific unit. Due to large losses with shares dropping to their lowest level in nearly 37 years, Nomura cut around 5 percent of its staff in Europe (as many as 500 people) in mid-September 2011. In December 2019, Nomura announced that it would acquire Greentech Capital Advisors, a boutique investment bank with stated aims of assisting clients across sustainable technology and infrastructure. The transaction

460-550: The then-under-construction 2 International Finance Centre, landing on a ship out in the Kowloon Bay, The Dark Knight , where Batman leapt from 2 IFC to 1 IFC, and Godzilla vs Kong, where an action scene then takes place. Nomura Holdings The history of Nomura began on December 25, 1925, when Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (NSC) was established in Osaka , as a spin-off from Securities Dept. of Osaka Nomura Bank Co., Ltd (the present day Resona Bank ). NSC initially focused on

483-590: The world equipped with double-deck elevators . Floor numbers 55, 56, 77 and 88 were bought by the HKMA for HK$ 3.7 billion in 2001. An exhibition area, currently containing an exhibit of Hong Kong's monetary history, and a library of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority Information Centre occupy the 55th floor, and are open to the public during office hours. Despite common practice for owners to allow naming buildings after its important tenants,

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506-430: The world's largest independent investment banks with ¥20,300bn (£138bn) assets under management. In April 2009, the global headquarters for investment banking was moved out of Tokyo to London as part of a strategy to move the company's focus from Japan to global markets, with Josh Tokley appointed Head of UK Investments. Following his subsequent suspension, Tokley was replaced by Michael Coombs. Nomura paid $ 225 million for

529-400: Was opened on 6 July 1998. It is 688 feet (210 m) tall, has 39 stories and four trading floors, 18 high speed passenger lifts in 4 zones, and comprises 784,000 square feet (72,800 m ). Completed in 2004, has a similar design and appearance with the “Two IFC”. The building currently accommodates approximately 5,000 people. Two International Finance Centre, completed on 18 October 2003,

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