Nomura Holdings, Inc. announced that Stephen Roti joins the company as a managing director and head of equity capital markets for the Americas, in a move which significantly strengthens the firm's ECM and corporate equity derivatives capabilities.  Roti joins from Barclays, where he was most recently global head of equity linked origination in New York.  At the company, he will be responsible for leading the development of equity derivatives solutions and the management of equity origination and execution for corporate clients. In industry coverage, Nomura has initiated coverage of real estate, gaming, leisure and lodging (REGLL) companies with the appointment of Christopher Baldwin as a managing director and head of REGLL in the Americas. Baldwin joins the company Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he led the firm's most high profile financings and M&A transactions in the gaming and leisure sectors for 17 years.  At the company, Baldwin will establish the firm's REGLL business with a focus on the gaming and leisure sectors where he has deep experience and a strong track record of providing clients with sound advice and innovative financial solutions. Additionally, the company has expanded its financial institutions team with the appointment of Anthony Viscardi as a managing director covering the residential mortgage sector. Viscardi joins the company from Deutsche Bank and will provide strategic advice to clients in the evolving residential mortgage industry and leverage the firm's mortgage trading and securitization capabilities to meet these clients' financing needs. The company has also strengthened its natural resources team with the appointment of Timothy Wilding as a managing director covering the chemicals sector.  Wilding joins from Oppenheimer & Co, where he was co-head of the industrial growth and services group.  At the company, he will follow the chemicals sector and deliver Nomura's considerable cross border M&A and leverage finance expertise to clients.

Nomura Holdings, Inc. Presents at 6th Annual Super Return US 2013, Jun-05-2013 03:30 PM. Venue: Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, 606 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210, United States. Speakers: Lachmi-Niwas Sadani, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Nomura Infrastructure Investment Management.

Nomura Holdings Inc. announced that Javier Kulesz joined the company as managing director and senior desk analyst covering Argentina and Venezuela within the emerging markets group in New York. Kulesz will be responsible for providing its trading desk and institutional investors with his opinion on the macroeconomic forces impacting Argentina and Venezuela. Prior to his appointment, Kulesz was chairman of UBS AG's office in Buenos Aires and chief economist covering Latin America with responsibility for all economic research publications in the region.

Nomura Holdings, Inc. Presents at Pan-Asia Technology Forum, May-29-2013 through May-31-2013. Venue: Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Presentation Date & Speakers: May-29-2013, Anne Lee, Analyst, Technology -Hardware Research, James Kim, Head of Pan-Asia Technology Research and Head of Equity Research Korea, Leping Huang, Analyst, China Technology Research. May-30-2013, Aaron Jeng, Analyst, Technology-Semiconductors Research, Asia Ex-Japan, CW Chung, Regional Head of Pan-Asia Semiconductors Resarch, Masaya Yamasaki, Deputy Head of Pan-Asia Technology Research and Head of Pan-Asia Hardware Research.

Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE:8604) is looking forward to taking equity stakes as part of any alliance to expand its retail and asset management operations in Southeast Asia and is in talks with several financial institutions in the region. Atsushi Yoshikawa, Chief Operating Officer of Nomura said without disclosing any company’s name. "The best situation would be a 100% stake but given various regulations that is probably not realistic," Atsushi Yoshikawa told a briefing for analysts and media. "We could end up taking a minority stake or not take any stake at all," Atsushi Yoshikawa added.