Nomura Holdings

Nomura Holdings, Inc., a financial powerhouse headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and established in 1925, delivers a comprehensive array of financial services on a global scale. Its diverse clientele spans individuals, corporations, financial institutions, and governmental bodies. The company's operations are structured into three principal divisions: Retail, Investment Management, and Wholesale. Within its Retail segment, Nomura offers a variety of financial products and investment services to individual customers, facilitated by a network of 119 branches as reported on March 31, 2022. The Investment Management division focuses on overseeing various funds, including investment trusts and other investment vehicles, in addition to providing advisory, custodial, and administrative support for investments. Nomura's Wholesale arm engages in extensive activities, encompassing research, sales, trading, agency execution, and market-making for both fixed income and equity-linked instruments. This segment also plays a significant role in underwriting a broad spectrum of securities—ranging from diverse share classes and convertible instruments to investment-grade, high-yield, sovereign, and emerging market debts, as well as structured products and other financial assets. Beyond underwriting, it orchestrates capital-raising initiatives, including private placements, and delivers expert financial advisory services for complex business transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, capital restructuring, corporate defense, leveraged buyouts, and risk mitigation strategies. Moreover, this division makes various financial instruments available to its clients. Historically, the firm was known as The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., before officially changing its name to Nomura Holdings, Inc. in October 2001.