Nomura To Build Up US Staff Levels - FT
July 27 2009 - 7:01PM
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Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604.TO) is looking to increase headcount
in the U.S. by as much as 40% as part of its goal to become a
globally competitive investment bank, the Financial Times reported
Tuesday.
Citing Takeo Sumino, the firm's new U.S. chief operating
officer, the paper said that Nomura now believes it has a better
chance of success in the U.S. because of the consolidation in the
financial industry and the difficulties faced by its
competitors.
"I think it is probably a sensible time for us to be growing (in
the U.S.)," Sumino told the Financial Times in an interview.
Nomura employs 850 people in the U.S. but Sumino said that
headcount "will definitely be above 1,000 very quickly."
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