Nomura Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of Tom Haskins as a Managing Director and Head of Foreign Exchange Sales Americas, and Eric Miller as a Managing Director and Head of Interest Rates Sales Americas. Haskins joins Nomura following an 11 year career at Morgan Stanley where he was most recently Head of FX/EM Sales Americas. Miller joins Nomura following a 12 year career at Credit Suisse where he most recently was Co-Head of USD Rates Sales and USD Swaps Product Manager.

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.

Nomura Holdings, Inc. announced unaudited consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended March 31, 2013. Net revenue for the fourth quarter was ¥653.6 billion ($6.9 billion), a 68% increase on the previous quarter and 31% higher than ¥498.968 billion for the same quarter last year. Income before income taxes was ¥169.7 billion ($1.8 billion), up 13.1 times quarter on quarter and 179% year on year to ¥60.758 billion. Net income attributable to Nomura Holdings shareholders was ¥82.4 billion ($875 million), an increase of 4.1 times over the third quarter and 3.7 times compared to ¥22.082 billion for the fourth quarter last year. Diluted EPS was ¥21.55 against ¥5.92 for the fourth quarter last year. For the full year period, Nomura reported net revenue of ¥1.8 trillion ($19.3 billion), income before income taxes of ¥237.7 billion ($2.5 billion), and net income attributable to Nomura Holdings shareholders of ¥107.2 billion ($1.1 billion) or ¥28.37 per diluted share against net revenue of ¥1.53 trillion, income before income taxes of ¥84.957 billion, and net income attributable to Nomura Holdings shareholders of ¥11.583 billion or ¥3.14 per diluted share for the last year. Net cash provided by operating activities was ¥549,501 million against ¥290,863 million for the last year. Return on shareholders' equity was 4.9% against 0.6% for the last year. During the fourth quarter, Japan benefited from the effects of economics and retail made a strong contribution to quarterly earnings. The company also booked a one-off gain on the secondary offering of Nomura Real Estate Holdings shares. Nomura also declared a year-end dividend of ¥6 per share to shareholders of record as of the end of March 2013. The dividend will be paid on June 3, 2013. Accordingly, the annual dividend for the year ended March 2013 will total ¥8 per share.