Nomura Holdings Inc. plans to build out a newly created team that will focus on helping both public and private companies raise cash through nontraditional means.
The Structured Finance and Solutions group at Nomura Securities Co. has about 20 people at present and will start operating on April 1, with further expansion likely, said Yosuke Inaida, senior corporate managing director for investment banking.
Core to the 30-year Nomura veteran’s plans are unlisted securities, part of chief executive officer Kentaro Okuda’s recent push to expand further beyond public markets. The team will look beyond stock offerings, corporate debt issuance and other more conventional areas of corporate finance to drive growth in new ways, Inaida said.