Toshio Morita

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (NSC) is a wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE: 8604; NYSE: NMR). Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1925. NSC places a strong emphasis on research, both fundamental and quantitative. In addition to stock and bond underwriting, their activities include IPO and M&A advisory, wealth management, separately managed accounts, fund wrap services, prime brokerage and structured equity finance. Their clients include institutions, hedge funds, private banks and private equity funds as well as corporate clients and retail investors.

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (Private Banking) (NSC-Private Banking) is the private banking division of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., the wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings Inc. (TYO: 8604; ADR: NMR) in Japan. The firm was founded in 1925 as a spin-off from the securities department of Osaka Nomura Bank. Headquartered in Tokyo, NSC-Private Banking provides investment advisory and private banking services including separately managed accounts to a domestic clientele of institutions and high-net worth individuals. They also offer stock, mutual funds, bonds, ETF, REIT and FX products.

The Nomura Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. operates as a trust bank. It operates through the following business divisions: Trust Business, Banking Business, and Securities Business. The firm’s Trust Business division specializes in specified money trusts and specified pecuniary trusts; individually operated designated money and pecuniary trusts; jointly operated designated money trusts; composite trusts; pension trusts; investment trusts; securities trusts; and outsource services for investment trusts. Its Banking Business division engages in deposit taking, lending, domestic exchange business, and foreign exchange business. The firm’s Security Business division handles the investment trust, over-the-counter sales, and account administration business; corporate bond administration business; fiscal agent for corporate bonds; investment advisory and agency business; and investment management business. The company was founded on August 24, 1993 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.