Nomura Holdings, Inc. | History
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| Date | History | Presidents |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 25, 1925 | The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. established as a spin-off from Securities Dept. of Osaka Nomura Bank Co., Ltd. | Otogo Kataoka Dec. 1, 1925 - Sep. 25, 1941 |
| Jan. 1926 | Begins operations in Osaka as a bond house. | |
| Mar. 1927 | New York office opened. | |
| Jun. 1938 | Obtains approval for stock trading in Japan. | |
| Nov. 1941 | Obtains approval for investment trust offering first in Japan. | Seizo Iida Sep. 30, 1941 - Aug. 13, 1947 |
| Dec. 1946 | Head office moves to Tokyo. | |
| Nov. 1948 | Registered as a securities firm based on the Securities and Exchange Law. | Tsunao Okumura Apr. 15, 1948 - Jun. 1, 1959 |
| Apr. 1949 | Becomes a member of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. | |
| Jun. 1951 | Obtains approval for investment trust management based on the Securities Investment Trust Law. | |
| Apr. 1960 | Transfers securities transfer operations to The Toyo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. The Nomura Securities Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. (in October. 1997 this company and Nomura Investment Management Co., Ltd. merged into Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.) established and Nomura Securities transfers securities investment management operations to this new company. |
Minoru Segawa Jun. 1, 1959 - Nov. 21, 1968 |
| Oct. 1961 | Nomura Securities listed on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges. | |
| Apr. 1965 | Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI) (merged with Nomura Computer Systems Co., Ltd. in January. 1988) established as a spin-off from the Research Department of Nomura Securities. | |
| Jan. 1966 | Nomura Computing Center Co., Ltd. (renamed Nomura Computer Systems Co., Ltd. [NCC] in December. 1972, and in January. 1988 merged with NRI and renamed Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.) established as a spin-off from the Electronic Data Processing Division of Nomura Securities. | |
| Apr. 1968 | Obtains licenses for securities firm on the amended Securities and Exchange Law. | Kiichirou Kitaura Nov. 21, 1968 - Oct. 18, 1978 |
| Nov. 1969 | Nomura Securities International Inc. becomes a registered member of the Boston Stock Exchange. | |
| Jul. 1981 | Nomura Securities International Inc. becomes a registered member of the New York Stock Exchange. | Setsuya Tabuchi Oct. 18, 1978 - Dec. 19, 1985 |
| Nov. 1985 | Nomura Business Services Co., Ltd. established. | Yoshihisa Tabuchi Dec. 20, 1985 - Jun. 27, 1991 |
| Mar. 1986 | Nomura International Limited becomes a registered member of the London Stock Exchange. | |
| Aug. 1993 | The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. established. | Hideo Sakamaki Jun. 27, 1991 - Mar. 14, 1997 |
| Apr. 1997 | Financial Research Center established as an in-house research facility spun off from the investment research unit of NRI. | Masashi Suzuki Mar. 14, 1997 - Apr. 30, 1997 |
| Dec. 1998 | Registered on Financial Supervisory Agency due to amendment to the Securities and Exchange Law. | Junichi Ujiie May 1, 1997 - Mar. 31, 2003 |
| Jan. 1999 | The Nomura Fundnet Securities Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Nov. 1999 | Nomura Capital Investment Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Nov. 1999 | Nomura Realty Capital Management Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Nov. 1999 | Acquires majority shares of Nomura Wasserstein Perella Co., Ltd., Nomura Investor Relations Co., Ltd. and Nomura Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. And these companies became subsidiaries of The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. | |
| Mar. 2000 | Acquires majority shares of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. And this company became subsidiary of The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. | |
| Jul. 2000 | Nomura Babcock & Brown Co., Ltd. became subsidiary of The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. | |
| Feb. 2001 | JAFCO Co., Ltd. became affiliate of The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. | |
| May 2001 | Nomura Securities Spin-off Preparation Company, Ltd. established (acquired business from Nomura Holdings, Inc. based on the Securities and Exchange Law and renamed Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. in Oct. 2001). | |
| Oct. 2001 | Following reorganization into a holding company, the functions of Nomura Holdings, Inc. and Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. are split. | |
| Dec. 2001 | Nomura lists its American Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Receipts. | |
| Apr. 2002 | Nomura Corporate Advisors Co., Ltd. merges with Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. | |
| Apr. 2002 | Nomura Human Capital Solutions Co., Ltd. is established as a subsidiary. | |
| Jun. 2003 | Acquires majority of Nomura-CITIC International Economic Consultants Co., Ltd. This company becomes subsidiary of Nomura Holdings Inc. and rename Nomura Corporate Advisory (China) Co., Ltd. | Nobuyuki Koga Apr. 1, 2003 - Mar. 31, 2008 |
| Jun. 2003 | Adopts Company with Three Board Committees system | |
| Jan. 2004 | The Nomura Fundnet Securities Co., Ltd., Nomura DC Planning Co., Ltd. and Nomura Human Capital Solutions Co., Ltd. merged to form Nomura Pension Support & Service Co., Ltd. | |
| Apr. 2004 | Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research established. | |
| Aug. 2004 | Nomura Facilities, Inc. established. | |
| Apr. 2005 | Transfer the operations of Nomura Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. to Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. | |
| Apr. 2006 | Nomura Healthcare Co., Ltd. established. | |
| May 2006 | JOINVEST Securities Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Feb. 2007 | Instinet became a subsidiary of Nomura Holdings Inc. | |
| Feb. 2008 | Private Equity Funds Research and Investments Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Oct. 2008 | Acquires Lehman Brothers' Asia-Pacific franchise and certain operations in Europe and the Middle East. Acquires Lehman Brothers' service platform in India. |
Kenichi Watanabe Apr. 1, 2008 - Jul. 31, 2012 |
| Nov. 2009 | Joinvest Securities integrated into Nomura Securities, started offering Nomura Joy services. | |
| Oct. 2010 | Nomura Agri Planning & Advisory Co., Ltd. established. | |
| May 2011 | Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Nomura Land and Building Co., Ltd., became a subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. | |
| Oct. 2011 | Nomura Securities started offering Nomura Net & Call services. | |
| Mar. 2013 | Nomura Real Estate Holdings became an affiliate accounted for by the equity method. | Koji Nagai Aug. 1, 2012 - Mar. 31, 2020 |
| Apr. 2015 | Nomura Institute of Estate Planning established. | |
| Apr. 2017 | N-Village Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Jan. 2018 | Nomura Capital Partners Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Aug. 2019 | Corporate Design Partners Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Sep. 2019 | Nomura Mezzanine Partners Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Oct. 2019 | Nomura Kagayaki Co., Ltd. established. | |
| Apr. 2020 | Acquired Greentech Capital Advisors and rebranded as Nomura Greentech. |
Kentaro Okuda Apr. 1, 2020 - |
| Sep. 2022 | Laser Digital Holdings established. |