The third largest securities firm NIKKO CORDIAL ( 28,800 billion yen in assets for a stock market capitalisation of 1890 billion yen) is planning to buy up 50% of TOKYO STAR BANK (33 agencies, 1300 billion yen in deposits, net profits of 14.49 billion yen for 2005-2006 tax year) for an estimated USD 1.2 billion.