Nomura Achieves Record Results in Institutional Investor Analyst Rankings

London, 2 February 2010 – Nomura, the global investment bank, today announced that it ranked joint second overall in Institutional Investor's annual All-Europe Research Team rankings, up from eighth position in the 2009 awards and unranked in 2008. This ranking is a testament to the focus and drive of Nomura's European equities and research specialists.

Paul Norris, Head of Equity Research for Europe, the Middle East and Africa said: "Nomura's bold move up the chart signifies our determination to offer clients the very best content and equity sales distribution. We have made a step change, taking advantage of the dislocation in the market. Nomura is traditionally ranked first for its Japan research and we are determined to reach a similar position in Europe."

Nomura achieved 16 top-three rankings in this year's survey, comprising:

Six #1 ranked research teams: Beverages, Convertibles, Equity Strategy / Developed Markets, Oil & Gas, Quantitative Research and Telecommunications Services
Five #2 ranked teams: Economics, Pharmaceuticals, Retail / General, Telecommunications Equipment, Tobacco
Five #3 ranked teams: Banks, Food Producers, Media, Property, Transport

There were also seven runner-up ranked teams: A&D (4th), Chemicals (4th), Insurance (4th), Technology/Semiconductors (4th), Utilities (4th), Metals & Mining (5th), HPC (6th).

Nomura has a strong research heritage in Japan and the firm's enhanced global research product was launched on 27 October 2008, incorporating full coverage of all major industry sectors in EMEA.

Nomura is consistently placed in the top ranks for Japanese equity research and is committed to reaching a similar position in Europe and the Asia region outside of Japan. Research will be launched in the US in mid-2010.

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For further information please contact:


Name	Company	Telephone

Jonathan Hodgkinson	Nomura	+44 (0)20 7102 1471
Patrick Meyer	Nomura	+44 (0)20 7102 7252

Nomura

Nomura is a leading financial services group and the preeminent Asian-based investment bank with worldwide reach. Nomura provides a broad range of innovative solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in over 30 countries. Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura employs over 26,000 staff worldwide. Nomura's unique understanding of Asia enables the company to make a difference for clients through five business divisions: retail, global markets, investment banking, merchant banking, and asset management. For further information about Nomura, please visit www.nomura.com.

More on Nomura's Institutional Investor rankings

In addition Nomura achieved very good rankings which didn't make it into the runner up ranks: Autos (6th), Retail/Food & Drug Chains (6th), Business Services (6th), Building & Construction (7th), Tech/Software (8th), Capital Goods (9th) and Luxury Goods (10th).

* Convertibles research did not count towards the overall ranking table.