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Several people from Nomura Holdings in charge of Asia excluding Japan are leaving the company, according to an internal memo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2024
Nomura reshuffles Asia investment banking team and cuts jobs in slump
A management change coincides with a new round of job cuts involving about 10 bankers this week, sources have said.
Nomura Holdings is targeting 20% revenue gains for its global markets unit over the next few years.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 7, 2024
Nomura targets 20% revenue growth from global markets business
The target builds on last year's 8% growth and follows a two-year revamp of trading teams for its rates and fixed-income business in Asia and EMEA.
The Singapore skyline
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 6, 2023
The rich are flocking to Singapore as bankers stick with Hong Kong
From Singapore’s earliest years as an independent state, it has aimed to be one of the key locales through which the world’s money flows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2022
Wall Street's China problems multiply with warning on banker pay
Don't reward your top people too lavishly, Chinese regulators warned banks this year in meetings in Shanghai and Beijing, or you might run afoul of the Communist Party.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2022
Nomura starts offering bitcoin derivatives to clients in Asia
Japan's biggest brokerage is offering nondeliverable forwards and nondeliverable options settled in cash, and can now trade bitcoin futures and options.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2022
Hesitancy at Harvard endowment reflects broader skepticism over Chinese private equity
China's investment landscape is in turmoil, with some top investors shunning the nation after President Xi Jinping unleashed a crackdown on the private sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2021
Global banks up pressure on Hong Kong to ease COVID-19 restrictions
Just below 60% of Hong Kong's population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jul 12, 2021
Wall Street’s $6 billion bonanza chilled by China IPO curbs
Bankers say they expect the majority of Chinese IPOs aimed for American exchanges to be suspended or diverted to other venues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2021
Nomura prime brokerage cuts seen sparing little in U.S. and Europe
Word of the retreat is already spreading on Wall Street, as some of Nomura's prime brokerage employees in New York start to explore other job opportunities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2021
Nomura tightens hedge fund financing after Archegos collapse
The restrictions include curbing leverage for some clients previously granted exceptions to margin financing limits, one person familiar with the situation said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2021
Across Asia, founders of family-owned businesses seek private equity exit
After riding the region's rise over the past decades, family firms that dominate the economic landscape are now also looking for bigger partners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2020
Nomura's Asia hiring spree aims to boost wealth and fixed income
'We see the Asia region as becoming more and more important for the global economy,” said the firm's head of global markets for Asia excluding Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2020
Nomura is finally making money from Asia investment banking
Nomura Holdings Inc.'s investment banking business in Asia is set to return to profit this fiscal year after more than a decade of losses since its Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. acquisition, according to its division chief.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2020
Goldman's diversity pledge won't apply to boards in Asia
As Goldman Sachs Group Inc. moves to increase diversity on corporate boards, the investment bank isn't extending the initiative to a particularly challenged region: Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 14, 2020
Goldman readies hiring spree and capital to meet China ambitions
The news swept through Goldman's offices around China, changing everything.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2016
Bain, PAG Asia get in line for potential Takata purchase
Bain Capital and PAG Asia Capital are evaluating bids for Takata Corp., joining KKR & Co. among private equity firms with an interest in the Japanese air bag supplier behind a record safety recall, according to people familiar with the matter. Takata's shares surged.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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