What is Nomura known for?
Nomura provides a range of services through the capital markets including equities and fixed income trading, brokerage, underwriting, offering, secondary offering and private placement of securities. The investment banking arm provides corporate and leveraged financing.
Is Nomura a big bank?
In October 2008, Nomura acquired most of Lehman Brothers Asian operations together with its European equities and investment banking units to make one of the world's largest independent investment banks with Y20,300bn (£138bn) assets under management.
Is Nomura a good company?
Good company, hampered by slow senior management style
Nomura is a good bank to work for, but they are hampered by a culture of slow acceptance of change. Senior management must act quicker to assess when the firm is not in tune with market trends.