Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc. (シティグループ証券株式会社, Shitigurūpu Shōken Kabushiki-gaisha) is a financial services firm in Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Japan Holdings Corp., the main Japanese holding company of American financial firm Citigroup. The company was re-incorporated in Japan in December 2003 and renamed Nikko Citigroup as part of an overall unification of the Citigroup brand. In October 2007, Citigroup purchased Nikko Cordial Corporation. At the 2008 ALB Japan Law Awards, Nikko Citigroup was crowned: