Japan’s Largest Regional Bank Takes On Big Names in Hiring Spree

Japan’s largest regional lender is aggressively poaching market veterans from big banks, asset managers and life insurers as it looks to expand its ¥5.8 trillion ($36 billion) investment portfolio.

Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. has hired 10 people in the past year and plans to recruit another 20 in the period ending March 2028, said Akira Kudo, who heads the company’s market operations. It wants to double the number of front-office staff to around 100 in the three years that started last April, including through internal transfers.