Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Public, TYO:8604) is a financial services company in Japan and has worldwide operations. As of March 31, 2010, it operated offices in over 30 countries and regions including Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR) through its subsidiaries.
Nomura’s business consists of three divisions: Retail, Wholesale and Asset Management.
Retail includes investment consultation services to retail clients.
Wholesale includes serving corporations and institutional investors with a range of products and services, such as global markets, which includes fixed income and equity trading and asset finance businesses and investment banking, which includes M&A advisory, corporate finance, solutions and merchant banking businesses.
Asset Management includes development and management of investment trusts, and investment advisory services.