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Nomura ramps up global markets business and revamps electronic platform

Singapore

NOMURA, Japan's largest brokerage, is ramping up investment into its global markets business to increase market share in equities, foreign exchange and structured lending.

A key priority is revamping its electronic offerings, said Rig Karkhanis, Nomura head of global markets, Asia excluding Japan, calling it the "number one priority".

The Tokyo-based company is also hiring more people for equities, FX and electronics.

Nomura has three big businesses within global markets; outside Japan, the primary focus is Asia, said Mr Karkhanis in a recent interview.

The three big businesses are equities, credit and macro.

"Equities, and that's a business that we are planning for significant investment,"...

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