History

Dec. 25, 1925

The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. established as a spin-off from Securities Dept. of Osaka Nomura Bank Co., Ltd.

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.

Dec. 1946

Head office moves to Tokyo.

Nov. 1948

Registered as a securities firm based on the Securities and Exchange Law.

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.

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.

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.

Nov. 1985

Nomura Business Services Co., Ltd. established.

Mar. 1986

Nomura International Limited becomes a registered member of the London Stock Exchange.

Aug. 1993

The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. established.

Apr. 1997

Financial Research Center established as an in-house research facility spun off from the investment research unit of NRI.

Dec. 1998

Registered on Financial Supervisory Agency due to amendment to the Securities and Exchange Law.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sep. 2022

Laser Digital Holdings established.