Nomura to host 6th Asia Equity Forum in Singapore
Hong Kong, June 23, 2009 – Nomura, the Asia-based global investment bank, will host its sixth Nomura Asia Equity Forum (NAEF) at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore from 7-10 July. This is the first time the Forum will be held since Nomura's research platform was significantly enhanced in October 2008, placing the company in the number one position in Pan-Asia research coverage.
NAEF, a signature event of Nomura, is one of the largest Pan Asian equity conferences in the region and a key event in the institutional investor community connecting 150 to 200 quality companies in Japan and Asia with over 1000 global investors every year. The four-day conference will focus on topical investment themes including the financial sector recovery, the real estate sector outlook, the consumer sector competitive landscape, and alternative energy developments.
Highlights for this year's NAEF are keynote speeches by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance of Singapore and Dato' Seri Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah, Second Finance Minister, Malaysia. There will also be keynote speeches by Dr Laura Tyson, Member of President Barack Obama's Economic Advisory Panel and Professor of Haas School of Business; Mr Uichiro Niwa, Chairman of ITOCHU Corporation; Dr Judith Posnikoff, Managing Director of Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company; Dr Hu Tao, Coordinator of UN-China Climate Chang Partnership Framework (CCPF) Program; and Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Professor of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University.
"Since the beginning of this quarter, Asia Pacific has staged a strong rally in many key equity markets and we believe Asia equity trading volumes will remain robust for the remainder of the year. NAEF 2009 will serve as a very opportune platform for investors to gain insights into latest market outlook, key trends and issues for investors," said Mr. Siggi Thorkelsson, head of Equities for Asia-Pacific, Nomura.
"Nomura is the only house that has true "Pan-Asian" capabilities covering Asia including Japan, and our enhanced research team in Asia Pacific is a significant competitive advantage for our equity franchise. We will continue to invest in our research product as part of our strategy to become the top equity house in Asia," continued Mr. Siggi Thorkelsson.
Nomura covers over 1,130 stocks across Asia-Pacific in combination with the Equity Research team in Japan. Nomura covers over 580 stocks in Japan where it is ranked number one by Greenwich, number two by Nikkei and by Institutional Investor. In Asia ex-Japan, the Nomura Research team has significant strengths across strategy, economic, and quantitative research and fundamental sector and stock analysis in all major countries, and was ranked top 10 in the 2009 Institutional Investor All-Asia Research Team. The firm services traditional long-only and multi-strategy investors, through fundamental company research, macro strategies and thematic research, and quantitative portfolio advisory. Nomura also publishes joint regional reports across Asia-Pacific, focusing on sector thematics, including "anchor reports" that set the framework for a sector in a particular region or country and provide ongoing coverage of that area.
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