About Nomura
Nomura is one of the world's largest and investment banks with over 15,500 employees
and $137.4 billion in assets. As the dominant investment bank in Japan and most other
Asian markets, Nomura has also established a significant presence in Europe and the
United States in the past few years.
Nomura has a reputation for innovation in several specialty areas, including structured
finance, mortgage-backed securities, equity-derivative program trading, proprietary
trading, and emerging market equities. Historically, Nomura has been a significant force in
commercial mortgage backed securities and related fields, and was the market leader
from 1993-1998, involved in transactions exceeding $20 billion.
The Nomura Group, one of the largest global investment banking and securities firms, is
represented in The Americas by Nomura Holding America Inc. (NHA), operating from six
strategically positioned offices in North and South America. Nomura Securities
International, Inc. (NSI), NHA's broker/dealer, functions from four of these offices
including NHA headquarters in New York. Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc. (NCCI), also a
subsidiary of NHA, is the primary entity involved in the origination, purchase and sale of
mortgage loans.
Since the opening of its office in New York in 1927, Nomura has drawn on the talents of
its local and international staff to provide access to domestic and global markets, both
here in The Americas and throughout the Nomura global affiliate network. NSI is a
member in good standing of all major securities, futures and options exchanges and a
shareholder of the major clearing organizations, providing full market access to its clients.
NCCI is a HUD approved mortgagee, a FNMA Seller/Servicer and maintains a host of
mortgage banking and supervised lending licenses as required under applicable
state laws.
