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Merchant Banking

Nomura Principal Finance has been active in the field of buy-outs and corporate revitalization in Japan, targeting investment opportunities that offer scope for capital appreciation and attractive returns. Our Japanese private equity business has also been developed through investments in funds managed by Nomura Research & Advisory.

In recent years, private equity funds have served an important role by providing financial support to companies trying to build their operations. In todays difficult business environment, our clients are increasingly looking for new financial solutions, such as restructuring their business portfolios or even delisting their shares through management buyouts.

We take a comprehensive approach that goes far beyond simply lending funds to investee companies. We make a commitment to partner with our clients and collaborate with them to boost the value of the company. We can provide talent for hands-on management, an extensive network, and industry-leading expertise in addition to supplying the necessary capital. In short, our main strength lies in being able to mobilize Nomuras full resources at all stages in the business restructuring process.

 
 

Our long-term approach also takes into account the needs of all stakeholders from employees to the local community. These strengths have helped us build a solid track record in a diverse range of industry sectors and become a trusted partner to a broad base of clients.

In our search for new investment opportunities, we will continue to utilize Nomuras entire network with an even more rigorous focus on profitability when considering new investments. For existing investments, we will leverage all of Nomuras available resources to increase the value of our investee companies and consider the best means to recoup our investments.

 

Management Buyouts (MBO)
Company acquisitions led by management teams and/or employees

Strategic Delistings
Strategic delistings to eliminate the threat of hostile takeover and the impact of short-term earnings on corporate value

Business Succession
Changing shareholder composition as a part of business succession

Capital Increases
Capital increases of large, mature corporations to support additional business expansion

Joint Investment
Collaborative-type M&A by carried out jointly by business and financial investors

Turnaround Sponsorship
Provide management, financial and operational support for corporate turnarounds

  • The results that can be expected from a scheme may greatly differ due to differences in the scheme depending on individual cases.
(billions of yen): 2000 0, 2001 2, 2002 12, 2003 21, 2004 77, 2005 119, 2006 189, 2007 227, 2008 278

Nomura Principal Finance

Nomura Principal Finance (NPF) is Nomura's main private equity investment business in Japan. Since it was established in July 2000, NPF has invested private capital into client firms to provide solutions to capital structure issues. Leveraging Nomura's overall network, NPF has invested in 18 companies in the past nine years, for a total equity investment of approximately \280 billion. After investing in a company, NPF focuses on raising the value of the investee company and has recouped a total of 12 investments to date.

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