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Corporate Profile

Nomura  is  a  leading  financial  services  group  and  the 

External Recognition

preeminent  Asia-based  investment  bank  with  a  worldwide 

reach.  Our  Retail,  Asset  Management  and  Wholesale 

divisions provide a broad range of innovative, value-added 

solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, 

institutional,  corporate  and  government  clients  through  an 

Nomura’s  CSR  initiatives  and  information  disclosure 

practices  have  been  widely  recognized  outside  the 

company.  Nomura  Holdings  has  been  selected  for 

inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and the 

FTSE4Good Index, both socially responsible investment 

(SRI)  indexes.  Nomura  was  also  selected  as  the  only 

international network in over 30 countries around the world. 

financial  services  company  recognized  in  the  Japan 

500 CDLI.

Returning to Our Roots 

For over 80 years, we have 
continued  to  uphold  our 
founder’s principles. One of 
these  principles,  “putting 
the customer first,” evolved 
into  “prospering  with  our 
clients” and is now defined 
by  our  commitment 
to 
“place clients at the heart of 
everything  we  do.”  Although  the  words  may  change, 
over unwavering focus on our clients remains the same. 

Involvement in External ESG Initiatives

•  UN PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment)

•  Principles  for  Financial  Action  towards  a  Sustainable 
Society (Principles for Financial Action for the 21st Century)

•  Multistakeholder  Forum  on  Social  Responsibility  for  a 

Sustainable Future

•  Banking Environment Initiative

Editorial Policy

In FY2011/12, we began publishing the Nomura Report, an 

integrated version of our annual report and our citizenship 

report, which detailed our CSR initiatives. We hope that this 

new  integrated  report  helps  readers  gain  a  broader 

understanding  of  our  activities  to  support  sustainable 

development  and  grow  together  with  our  stakeholders  as 

Asia’s global investment bank.

Report Period 

April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013
(Some content may be outside this timeframe)

Previous Report  September 2012

Next Report 

August 2014

Entities Covered
Nomura Holdings, Inc. and its major subsidiaries and affiliates. 
(http://www.nomuraholdings.com/company/group/)
Numerical data are presented alongside information on the 
scope of companies covered.

Reference Guidelines
•  Sustainability  Reporting  Guidelines  (G3.1)  of  Global 

Reporting Initiative 

   The GRI Guidelines Index is published on our corporate 

website at the following address. 

   http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/gri/

•  Environmental  Reporting  Guidelines  (2012  Version)  of 

Japan’s Ministry of the Environment

•  Charter of Corporate Behavior of Keidanren

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C o n t e n t s

Financial Highlights

Message from the Group CEO

Placing  clients  at  the  heart  of  everything  we  do  as  Asia’s  global 
investment bank

Interview with the CEO and COO

Leveraging our unique network to provide 
high value-added services

Message from the CFO

Reallocating resources in line with the changing environment to build 
on our strengths as a global financial services group

At a Glance

Retail

Asset Management

Wholesale

Global Research

Business for Sustainability

Column

Collaborating across Regions and Divisions for Our Clients and Society

Rebuilding Trust

Corporate Governance

Compliance

Risk Management

CSR Management

Our Community

Our People

Our Environment

Data Section

Forward-Looking Statements
This 
forward-looking 
report  contains 
statements about the future plans, strategies, 
beliefs, and performance of the Company. 
These forward-looking statements are not 
historical  facts.  They  are  expectations, 
estimates, 
forecasts,  and  projections 
based on information currently available to 
the Company and are subject to a number 
of  risks,  uncertainties,  and  assumptions, 
which,  without  limitation,  include  market 
trends,  economic  trends,  competition  in 
the financial industry, laws and regulations, 
and the tax system. As such, actual results 
may differ materially from those projected.

Five-Year Financial Summary

CSR Key Facts

Independent Assurance on Environmental Reporting

Global Network

Nomura Securities Domestic Network

Corporate Data

Website Information

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15

19

23

29

31

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35

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43

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62

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Financial Highlights (US GAAP)

For the fiscal years beginning April 1 and ending March 31 of the following year

MAJOR FINANCIAL DATA

Net revenue

Income (loss) before income taxes

Net income (loss)*1,3

Total assets

Shareholders’ equity*2,3

Short-term unsecured debt

Long-term unsecured debt

Total risk-weighted assets*4

PER SHARE DATA

Net income (loss)—diluted

Shareholders’ equity

Cash dividends

MAJOR MANAGEMENT INDICATORS

ROE

Gross leverage (times)

Net leverage (times)*5

Consolidated capital adequacy ratio*4

Tier 1 ratio*4

*1   Net income (loss) attributable to Nomura Holdings, Inc. shareholders

*2   Total Nomura Holdings, Inc. shareholders’ equity

FY2008/09

FY2009/10

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

312.6 

(780.3)

(708.2)

1,150.8 

1,130.7 

1,535.9 

1,813.6 

105.2 

67.8 

93.3 

28.7 

85.0 

11.6 

237.7 

107.2 

Billions of yen

24,837.8 

32,230.4 

36,693.0 

35,697.3 

37,942.4 

1,539.4 

2,126.9 

2,082.8 

2,107.2 

2,294.4 

1,932.4 

4,646.4 

2,153.5 

6,024.6 

2,634.3 

6,466.9 

3,009.1 

6,373.0 

2,293.3 

6,457.3 

11,935.9 

11,525.7 

11,629.5 

14,681.0 

17,546.7 

(366.16)

590.99

25.5 

21.59 

579.70 

8.0 

7.86 

578.40 

8.0 

3.14 

575.20 

6.0 

-

16.1

10.7

18.9

11.7

3.7

15.2

9.3

24.3

17.3

1.4

17.6

10.3

22.2

16.4

0.6

16.9

10.4

16.5

14.2

Yen

28.37 

618.27

8.0 

%

4.9

16.5

10.4

13.9

11.9

*3   On April 1, 2009, we adopted new guidance for the accounting and reporting for noncontrolling interests. In the above table, this guidance has been retrospectively applied to the amounts 

as of and for the years ended March 31, 2009.

*4   FY2008/09 - FY2010/11 based on Basel 2; FY2011/12 based on Basel 2.5; FY2012/13 based on Basel 3.
*5   Total assets minus securities purchased under agreements to resell and securities borrowed, divided by Nomura Holdings shareholders’ equity.

FY2008/09

FY2009/10

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

25,626

15,320

4,294

1,079

4,933

26,374

15,053

4,369

1,781

5,171

26,871

14,918

4,353

2,348

5,252

34,395

21,609

4,014

2,420

6,352

People

27,956

16,030

3,618

2,271

6,037

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

Total

Japan

Europe

Americas

Asia-Pacific

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Net revenue
(Billions of yen)
2,000

Segment income (loss) before income taxes
(Billions of yen)
400

1,500

1,000

500

0

-500

Other

Wholesale

Asset 
Management

Retail

200

0

-200

-800

Other

Wholesale

Asset 
Management

Retail

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

(Fiscal year)

Total assets
(Trillions of yen)
40

Unsecured debt
(Billions of yen)
10,000

Total risk-weighted assets and Tier 1 ratio*4
(Billions of yen)
(%)
20,000
20

Tier 1 ratio

30

20

10

0

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

0

Short-term 
unsecured 
debt

Long-term 
unsecured 
debt

16,000

12,000

8,000

4,000

0

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

16

12

8

4

Total risk-
weighted 
assets

0
(Fiscal year)

Number of employees by region

Europe
3,618

Asia-Pacific
6,037

Japan
16,030

Americas
2,271

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Message from the Group CEO

Placing clients at the heart of everything we do as 
Asia’s global investment bank

Nomura has been a client-focused organization since our earliest days. By placing 

clients at the heart of everything we do, we are able to deliver high value-added 

products and services that meet the needs of our clients and local communities, 

thereby contributing to social development and economic growth.

Supporting Japan’s Future
Our home market of Japan is on the verge of significant change. Since the new 

government came to power last year, we have seen early signs of an economic 

recovery. To build on this momentum, we need to look hard at what the country 

requires and how we can contribute.

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Given  that  Japan  is  the  world’s  largest  creditor  nation  and  has  the  world’s 

fastest aging population, one area that requires attention is the creation of a new 

social framework. At the same time, we need to revise the structure of our financial 

system. For Japan to grow sustainably into the future, the capital markets will have 

to  play  a  more  prominent  role.  Indeed,  Japan’s  approximately  ¥1,500  trillion  in 

personal financial assets holds the key to the country’s future growth. Nomura aims 

to support this growth by facilitating the flow of funds throughout the economy. 

Connecting Markets East & West
Asia is expected to account for half of the world’s GDP by 2050 and will no doubt 

remain the growth engine of the global economy over the coming years. However, 

for the region to realize its full potential, Asian countries must finance the large-scale 

infrastructure projects required to underpin economic growth. Japan can play a 

leading role here, growing together with the rest of Asia by putting its financial 

assets to work across the region. With Asia as our home market, this is an area 

in which Nomura has a distinct competitive advantage.

As  economies  around  the  world  mature  and  become  increasingly  global, 

companies and investors in the West are looking east for growth opportunities. As 

the only Japanese financial institution with a truly global network, Nomura is well 

placed to connect markets in the East and the West by leveraging our franchise 

to provide liquidity in the world’s capital markets. By meeting the needs of our 

global client base and expanding our business, we can contribute to economic 

growth and social development.

In doing so, we aim to win the trust of our clients and society as we work 

towards being Asia’s global investment bank.

Koji Nagai
Group CEO

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Interview with the CEO and COO

Leveraging our unique network to provide  
high value-added services

Koji Nagai  Group CEO

Atsushi Yoshikawa  President and Group COO

Q1

How were the operating environment and the firm’s 
performance in FY2012/13?

Nagai:  We  reported  a  significant  gain  in  revenues  and  income  during  the  year 

ended March 2013. Net revenue increased 18% year on year to ¥1,813.6 billion, 

pretax income jumped 180% to ¥237.7 billion, and net income grew by 9.3 times 

to ¥107.2 billion. At both the pretax and net income levels we had our best year 

since  the  year  ended  March  2007,  positioning  us  well  as  we  work  towards 

achieving our target of earnings per share of ¥50 by March 2016.

While our performance partly reflects the benefits gained from the market 

rally in Japan on the back of Abenomics, we are also starting to see results flow 

through  from  the  initiatives  we  took  last  year.  Specifically,  Retail  continued  to 

develop  its  consulting  based  sales  approach  and  Wholesale  reduced  costs  in 

order to improve profitability.

Yoshikawa: Last summer, one of the biggest challenges we faced was to return 

our international Wholesale operations to profit. To address this, we have been 

rebuilding  our  business  and  we  saw  a  huge  improvement  in  performance. 

Wholesale reported pretax income of ¥71.7 billion in FY2012/13 versus a pretax 

loss of ¥37.7 billion in the previous year.

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We  are  working  to  lower  our  breakeven  point.  Last  September,  we 

announced a $1 billion cost reduction program, which was 78% complete as of 

the end of March 2013 with one year to go until the target completion date. As 

part  of  this  program,  the  migration  of  our  Execution  Services  businesses  in 

EMEA, the Americas, and Asia ex-Japan to Instinet is progressing as scheduled. 

In  addition,  we  have  right-sized  our  international  operations,  particularly  in 

EMEA, and reduced risk weighted assets in light of Basel 3 and other regulatory 

reforms.

Q2

What is your vision for future growth?

Nagai: We boast an extensive client franchise in Japan, a country known for its 

deep pool of financial assets. We have also built up a solid retail channel across 

Japan.  Our  business  model  combines  our  strengths  by  integrating  the 

management of our Retail and Wholesale businesses. We are independent firm. 

And  we  are  headquartered  in  Asia,  the  world’s  fastest  growing  region.  These 

attributes are our unique strategic strengths. 

We believe that the regulatory reforms faced by global financial institutions 

could  prove  to  be  relatively  positive  for  Nomura.  We  expect  to  see  European 

financial  institutions  refocus  on  their  home  markets  and  indeed  this  trend  is 

already starting to take hold. This presents us with business opportunities that we 

aim to capture with a focus on our core businesses. As the only Japanese financial 

institution  with  a  truly  global  platform,  we  are  leveraging  our  deep  product 

expertise and extensive network to deliver high value-added financial services to 

our clients as Asia’s global investment bank.

Q3

How does your international strategy fit in with your vision for 
the firm?

Yoshikawa: We have shifted from a global full coverage, full service structure to 

a more sharpened strategy. We now focus on businesses where we can leverage 

our strengths to add value for our clients.

We don’t expect to monetize our Asian business immediately. That said, we 

are  prioritizing  market  share  growth  in  the  region  by  positioning  Asia  including 

Japan as our home market and pursuing cross-border opportunities between the 

East and West. We are working to improve profitability in EMEA by realigning our 

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Interview with the CEO and COO

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business to reflect the operating environment. In the US, which has the world’s 

largest fee pool, we are investing selectively in areas such as Fixed Income sales, 

while focusing on businesses where we have a competitive advantage, such as 

Securitized Products and Credit.

As  Mr.  Nagai  mentioned,  some  of  our  competitors  are  scaling  back  their 

operations and returning to their home markets in the wake of the European 

debt  crisis.  This  is  opening  up  room  for  us  to  expand  our  Fixed  Income  and  

cross-border businesses.

Q4

What steps have you taken to rebuild the firm from the 
ground up?

Nagai: We first looked at what had to change and what should remain the same. 

We then communicated that to our people. We realized that we shouldn’t change 

our  corporate  philosophy  or  the  principles  of  conduct  that  underpin  the  way 

Nomura people work. However, based on our underlying philosophy of placing 

our clients at the center of everything we do, we felt that we should reaffirm with 

everyone  the  importance  of  being  client  focused,  an  attribute  that  has  defined 

Nomura since our earliest days.

On  the  other  hand,  we  recognized  the  need  to  change  the  mindset  of 

individuals in the firm. In relation to the insider trading incidents last year, we were 

criticized for allowing a culture to develop in which people thought they could do 

anything as long as they stayed within the letter of the law. In other words, people 

didn’t take the time to consider the spirit or purpose of the applicable laws and 

regulations. This highlighted the need to make sure each person in the firm thinks 

long  and  hard  about  all  the  consequences  of  their  actions  before  making 

decisions. In addition to such reforms, the efforts of each division have allowed us 

to  capture  the  benefits  of  the  market  rally  in  Japan  and  deliver  solid  financial 

results by living up to the trust placed in us by our clients.  

Q5

How are you revamping the organization and HR systems 
in order to improve client satisfaction?

Nagai: Our clients’ needs are extremely diverse, yet closely linked. In spite of this, 

when looking for solutions for their clients, our people only turned to their own 

business line. As such, I felt we weren’t fully leveraging our competitive strengths. 

And this held us back from improving client satisfaction levels. 

Our  people  come  from  diverse  backgrounds  in  terms  of  their  work 

experience, gender, and nationality. It is important that we make the most of this 

diversity  to  ensure  we  place  our  clients  at  the  center  of  everything  we  do. 

Therefore,  we  revised  our  HR  systems  recently  to  make  it  easier  for  people  to 

move across divisions. By creating an environment where people can share their 

diverse  skills,  experience,  and  knowledge,  we  can  create  new  value  which  will 

ultimately enhance client satisfaction.

Yoshikawa: Earlier this year our Retail business announced the results of a client 

satisfaction survey. Wholesale is also working to ensure our clients turn to Nomura as 

a trusted partner. We remain focused on improving our league table standings, market 

share, and financial performance, all of which are evidence of client satisfaction. 

Q6

How is Nomura contributing to sustainable development?

Nagai: Our business can’t grow without strong local economies in the communities 

in which we operate. It is very important for us to help energize local economies. In 

Japan, we put our financial expertise to work to support new agricultural businesses 

and  environmental  and  energy-related  businesses.  We  also  work  closely  with 

industry and academia to encourage the development of new industries. 

From a long-term perspective, we play an important role in using the capital 

markets  to  finance  the  development  of  social  infrastructure  in  Asia  and  other 

emerging  markets.  Asia  is  expected  to  account  for  more  than  half  of  the 

world’s GDP by 2050. But that will require $8 trillion in infrastructure investment. 

To raise this money, Asia will have to further develop its primary and secondary 

capital markets.

We  have  a  long  history  of  providing  financial  education  programs  aimed  at 

creating  sound  capital  markets  by  educating  future  generations.  Since  1995,  our 

branch managers and other employees have lectured at over 100 universities across 

Japan. We also conduct classes for elementary and junior high school students and 

we  are  a  long-standing  sponsor  of  the  Nikkei  Stock  League  Contest,  which 

encourages students from junior high through to university to learn about investing.

These activities allow us to use our expertise to contribute to sustainable 

growth.  We  aim  to  grow  together  with  local  communities  in  order  to  meet  the 

expectations of all our stakeholders.

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Message from the CFO

Reallocating resources in line with the changing environment to 
build on our strengths as a global financial services group

For  the  past  few  years,  financial  institutions  have  faced  a  rapidly  changing 

environment.  Nomura  moved  swiftly  to  adapt  to  these  changes  by  further 

enhancing our financial position and reducing our cost base. 

As CFO, I see my job as consisting of two main roles. First, to allocate the 

firm’s resources in a way that allows us to best meet regulatory requirements and 

adapt  to  the  changing  market  environment.  Second,  improve  communication 

with shareholders, counterparties, ratings agencies, regulatory authorities, ESG* 

research organizations, and other stakeholders in order to disclose accurate and 

timely information about the current status of the firm.

We expect the shift to tighter regulation to continue in the future. However, 

given that we will be relatively less affected by the reforms than our competitors, we 

believe this trend will present new opportunities for Nomura. Accordingly, we will 

continue to solidify our position to ensure sustainable profits under any environment.

*   Environmental, social, and governance.

Robust Financial Position
At  the  end  of  March  2013,  when  Japan  became  one  of  the  first  countries  to 

implement Basel 3, Nomura reported total assets of ¥37.9 trillion, shareholders’ 

equity of ¥2.3 trillion, and gross leverage of 16.5 times. Ahead of the introduction 

of the new regulations, we reallocated resources by selling our stake in Annington, 

a  private  equity  investee  company,  in  December  2012  and  deconsolidating 

Nomura Real Estate Holdings in March 2013. As a result, our Tier 1 common ratio 

under Basel 3 was 11.9% at the end of March 2013. Based on a forward simulation 

using  our  March  2013  year-end  balance  sheet,  our  fully  loaded  2019  Tier  1 

common ratio is approximately 10%, which places us among the industry leaders.

We also held a high quality liquidity portfolio surplus of ¥5.9 trillion as of the 

end of March 2013. This allows us to continue operating for one year without the 

need for additional unsecured funding or asset sales even under stressed market 

conditions. In addition, the liability side of our balance sheet is dominated by 

long-term debt, and we have diversified our sources of funding across currencies.

This robust financial position is a competitive advantage that directly benefits 

our clients by allowing us to deliver the best products and services tailored to their 

specific requirements.

Shigesuke Kashiwagi
Chief Financial Officer 

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Adapting to the Changing Environment
The global fee pool in our industry has been shrinking since the start of the 

European debt crisis. Coupled with this, financial institutions have been forced 

to rethink their strategies due to the shift to tighter regulations.

To reposition Nomura for this new environment, we have revised our cost 

base, which was set for the much larger fee pool environment of 2009, and we 

have  been  working  on  a  $2  billion  cost  reduction  program  since  July  2011 

aimed at lowering the breakeven point of our Wholesale business. Of this $2 

billion, the $1 billion cost reductions announced in September 2012 were 78% 

complete  as  of  the  end  of  March  2013,  with  personnel  expense  reductions 

running ahead of schedule. Despite the recently improved revenue environment, 

we  remain  focused  on  completing  the  cost  reductions  by  March  2014.  By 

enhancing the profitability of our international Wholesale operations, we aim to 

achieve  our  management  target  of  earnings  per  share  of  ¥50  by  the  year 

ending March 2016. 

Shareholder Returns
Our underlying approach to shareholder returns centers on continually raising 

shareholder  value  while  also  paying  dividends.  We  aim  to  deliver  stable 

dividends using a full-year consolidated payout ratio of 30% as a key indicator. 

In  determining  dividend  payments,  we  take  into  account  a  comprehensive 

range of factors including our consolidated financial performance and global 

regulatory reforms such as the new Basel regulations. Based on this policy, we 

paid an annual dividend of ¥8 per share in FY2012/13.

In  addition,  we  seek  to  efficiently  invest  retained  earnings  in  business 

areas  with  prospects  of  high  profitability  and  growth,  while  also  taking  into 

account the regulatory environment, in order to increase shareholder value.

Since the Abe administration came to office in December 2012, the world 

has started to look on Japan in a new light and expectations are rising over the 

country’s  future.  As  the  dominant  player  in  Japan’s  financial  and  capital 

markets, Nomura is well placed to connect markets in the East and the West, 

further stimulating Japan’s economy.

To  remain  a  trusted  partner  for  our  global  clients,  we  will  leverage  our 

access to Japan’s deep pool of funds and our geographic advantage in the 

world’s growth region of Asia.

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At a Glance

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Retail

Nomura’s Retail business in Japan delivers a wide array of financial services to individual and 

corporate clients through a nationwide network of 177 branch offices (as of March 31, 2013), 

call centers, and online.

Our branch offices provide in-depth, consulting-based services tailored to our clients’ 

individual  needs.  This  is  backed  by  a  range  of  services,  investment  insights,  and  financial 

products available through our call centers and online platforms.

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Asset Management

Asset  Management  operates  as  a  global  business  with  ¥27.9  trillion  of  assets  under 

management from both retail and institutional investors (as of March 31, 2013). 

Our investment trust business in Japan delivers a diverse range of products through 

distribution  channels  such  as  securities  firms  including  Nomura  Securities,  banks,  Japan 

Post Bank, and branches of Japan Post. 

We also run a global investment advisory business that offers a high level of service to 

pension  funds,  governments  and  central  banks,  commercial  banks,  insurers,  and  other 

institutional investors around the world.

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Wholesale

This business consists of Global Markets, Investment Banking and serves a broad range of 

global corporations, governments and financial institutions.

Global  Markets  focus  on  institutional  investment  research  and  the  distribution, 

structuring  and  trading  of  global  securities.  Investment  Banking  provides  equity  and  debt 

financing, risk solutions and advisory services to a broad range of international clients.

Note: Due to a reorganization in April 2012, reported amounts for Wholesale and Other have been reclassified.

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Net revenue
FY2012/2013

¥397.9 billion

Up 13.6% year on year

Non-interest expenses
FY2012/2013

¥297.3 billion

Up 3.5% year on year

Net income before income taxes
FY2012/2013

¥100.6 billion

Up 59.4% year on year

(Billions of yen)
400

(Billions of yen)
300

(Billions of yen)
150

300

200

100

0

200

100

0

100

50

0

2008/09 09/10

10/11

11/12 12/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 09/10

10/11

11/12 12/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 09/10

10/11

11/12 12/13

(Fiscal year)

Net revenue
FY2012/2013

¥68.9 billion

Up 4.8% year on year

Non-interest expenses
FY2012/2013

¥47.8 billion

Up 5.5% year on year

Net income before income taxes
FY2012/2013

¥21.2 billion

Up 3.2% year on year

(Billions of yen)
80

(Billions of yen)
60

(Billions of yen)
30

60

40

20

0

40

20

0

20

10

0

2008/09 09/10

10/11

11/12 12/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 09/10

10/11

11/12 12/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 09/10

10/11

11/12 12/13

(Fiscal year)

Net revenue
FY2012/2013

¥644.9 billion

Up 16.2% year on year

Non-interest expenses
FY2012/2013

¥573.2 billion

Down 3.3% year on year

Net income (loss) before income taxes
FY2012/2013

¥71.7 billion

(Billions of yen)
800

(Billions of yen)
800

(Billions of yen)
200

600

400

200

0

-200

600

400

200

0

100

0

-100

-200

-800

2008/09 09/10

10/11

11/12 12/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 09/10

10/11

11/12 12/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 09/10

10/11

11/12 12/13

(Fiscal year)

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Retail

The  Retail  Division  delivers  a  wide  range  of  financial  products  and  high-quality 
investment  advice,  constantly  enhancing  its  services  in  order  to  respond  to  the 
diverse and increasingly sophisticated needs of clients. These services are provided 
through several channels including a nationwide network of 177 branch offices (as 
of March 31, 2013) and Nomura Net & Call.

We  seek  to  strengthen  our  consulting-based  sales  and  deliver  top-quality 
products  and  services  tailored  to  the  needs  of  each  client,  so  that  the  Nomura 
Group can remain a trusted partner to our clients.

Toshio Morita
Retail CEO

Market Environment

The  market  environment  remained  challenging  for  most  of  FY2012/13,  but  the  large-scale 

monetary  easing  program  initiated  after  the  start  of  the  new  Abe  administration  in  December 

2012 resulted in a significant boost to Japanese equities and a highly positive outlook. However, 

many  issues  remain  entrenched  around  the  world,  including  Japan’s  fiscal  woes,  a  dwindling 

birthrate  and  an  aging  population,  as  well  as  Europe’s  sovereign  debt  crisis  and  other  global 

geopolitical  risks.  This  has  meant  that  our  clients  face  a  constantly  evolving  landscape,  with 

future prospects somewhat uncertain. 

Amid growing uncertainty about the increasing complexity and rapid advancements in an 

information-intensive society, our clients’ interests, values and challenges continue to grow more 

diverse. The same can be said about financial assets, as the answer to the question of how to 

protect,  use  and  pass  on  financial  assets  to  future  generations  is  different  for  each  client, 

Business results

FY2008/09

FY2009/10

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

(Billions of yen)

Net revenue

291.9

388.3

392.4

350.3

397.9

Non-interest expenses

273.6

274.9

291.2

287.1

297.3

Income before 
income taxes

  18.2

113.4

101.2

  63.1

100.6

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depending  on  their  individual  lifeplan,  family  members,  and  approach  to  capital  preservation. 

With many unsure of how best to design their portfolio, financial institutions now more than ever 

need to provide services tailored to the unique needs of each client. 

Over half of Japan’s personal financial assets remain in savings and deposit accounts. As 

a result, the role of securities brokerages continues to be essential in ensuring a smooth flow of 

funds into the economy. Moreover, through their services, securities brokerages are expected to 

make contributions to the development of the economy and society. 

Via branch offices, online, and call-center channels, Retail will continue to provide quality 

products and services centered on consulting-based sales, and implement a series of strategic 

initiatives to ensure we remain a trusted partner to our clients.

Financial Results for FY2012/13

Although  the  economic  environment  remained  challenging  for  much  of  the  year,  the  markets 

have seen a strong upturn since the end of 2012. As a result, net revenue for FY2012/13 was 

¥397.9 billion, non-interest expenses were ¥297.3 billion, and income before income taxes was 

¥100.6 billion, up 59% compared to the previous year.

At  the  end  of  March  2013,  we  had  5.02  million  client  accounts,  an  increase  of  about 

40,000 accounts since March 2012. We steadily expanded our client franchise during the year, 

with net asset inflows of ¥1.355 trillion. Retail also expanded total sales by providing a range of 

products suitable for individual client needs, investment strategies and risk appetites. As a result 

of this expansion and the major upturn in markets, Retail client assets increased to ¥83.8 trillion 

as of March 31, 2013.

Retail client assets

Accounts with balances

(Trillions of yen)

80

60

59.3

83.8 

73.5

70.6

72.0 

40

20

0

Other*2
Overseas 
mutual 
funds
Bond 
investment 
trusts

Stock 
investment 
trusts

Domestic 
bonds*1

Foreign 
currency 
bonds

Equities

(Thousands)
5,000

4,000

3,000

0

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

(Fiscal year)

2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

(Fiscal year)

*1 Includes CBs and warrants
*2 Includes variable annuity insurance

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Enhancing Client Satisfaction

Since FY2010/11, Retail has held a monthly CS (Customer Satisfaction) Improvement Meeting 

chaired by the Retail CEO and attended by Senior Managing Directors and other key stakeholders. 

The meeting reviews complaints, feedback and requests made through the customer help desk, 

call centers and our website, and based on these reviews, works to improve products, services 

and systems.

As part of our efforts, we have established a service assistance program where specially 

trained employees provide services to our elderly and disabled clients. This program was rolled 

at 128 (70%) of our branch offices in March 2013, and we became the first securities brokerage 

in  Japan  to  have  a  team  of  several  hundred  service  assistants  operating  in  this  way.  Going 

forward, our service assistants will ensure that we provide a more customer-centric and enhanced 

level of service to our client base as it ages.

Customer Satisfaction Survey

In order to remain cognizant of customer satisfaction levels, since January 2011 we have been 

conducting  customer  questionnaires  with  clients  who  meet  our  financial  services  specialists, 

which cover our over-the-counter services such as customer service and product explanations. 

These questionnaires were conducted at 126 branch offices in FY2012/13. (See page 57 for the 

results for survey.)

In  February  2013,  we  conducted  a  customer  satisfaction  survey  about  our  sales  staff. 

Asset management consultants who received particularly high praise from clients were rewarded 

and introduced on the Nomura Securities website.

Results of these surveys are shared with management, the head office and branch offices, 

and potential improvement measures are examined by Retail to provide better overall service.

Looking Forward

In FY2013/14, Retail continues to leverage its consulting-based services to foster greater trust 

among  clients and to capture greater business opportunities. We aim to increase client assets, 

which  provide  a  symbol  of  the  trust  our  clients  place  in  us,  while  striving  to  expand  recurring 

revenues such as investment trust administration fees. This approach will enable us to build a 

solid and stable earnings base. Also, we continue to expand our line-up of low-risk products to 

meet the needs of our older clients who tend to prefer safer investment options. 

Retail

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To  enhance  the  quality  of  our  consulting  services,  we  are  expanding  on-the-job  training 

programs and increasing the support provided to branch offices by the head office. Furthermore, 

we strive to enhance client satisfaction by utilizing the wide range of tools at our disposal, such 

as the Asset Planning Service, which conducts interviews with clients to ascertain and analyze 

their current asset situation, and NOMURA i-port, which is used to centrally manage the securities 

portfolios of corporate clients. Starting in August 2012, a tablet PC was distributed to each of our 

sales staff to use for delivery of useful and important information to our clients in a timely manner 

from locations both inside and outside branches. 

Going  forward,  each  and  every  one  of  us  at  Nomura  is  committed  to  delivering  superior 

quality service that satisfies the increasingly diverse needs of our clients, and to contributing to 

local economies and society as a whole through our core business.

Nippon Individual Savings Accounts (NISA)

Japan’s  equity  markets  are  paying  close  attention  to  the  start  of  Nippon  Individual  Savings 

Accounts (NISA), slated for January 2014. Under this program, individuals will be able to invest 

up to ¥1 million tax free each year. This represents a great opportunity to expand the horizons of 

securities investing for those with no investment experience and to encourage clients who have 

taken time off from investing to come back to the markets.

Retail is organizing various seminars across our domestic branch network to continue to 

meet the needs of its clients looking to invest using NISA.

Expanding the Number of Products and Services for Aging Societies

Older clients need to set aside funds for living expenses later in life as well as make preparations 

for leaving an inheritance for their dependants. To meet these needs, Nomura is taking steps to 

enhance its product lineup by offering annuities that provide regular income, whole life insurance 

for those clients thinking about their legacy, and comparatively low-risk investment trusts. 

In addition to these products, we also offer a full lineup of services that meets the diverse 

needs  of  an  aging  society,  such  as  seminars  on  inheritance  matters  and  “My  Life  Note,”  a 

message written by the client to their family members.

Outside the realm of finance, we are partnering with companies that provide products and 

services  geared  toward  seniors  to  host  “Happy  Life  Seminars,”  which  have  been  held  at  our 

branch offices across Japan since January 2013. This approach to satisfying an even broader 

range of needs is helping us to build a stronger rapport with our clients.

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Asset Management

Based in Asia, the Asset Management Division provides a range of products and 
services that satisfy a broad mix of investment needs. We are striving to enhance 
our  asset  management  performance  and  to  establish  a  solid  presence  as  a  firm 
trusted by investors around the world. 

Although FY2012/13 got off to a challenging start in the first half, we did see 
fund  inflows  into  domestic  investment  trusts  and  an  increase  in  mandates  from 
foreign institutional investors. We also strove to reduce costs. In the second half, 
fund  inflows  continued  and  the  environment  improved,  leading  to  an  increase  in 
assets under management. As a result, for the full year, Asset Management realized 
revenues and income before income taxes that surpassed the previous year.

Market Environment

Japan’s public investment trust market grew 17.0% in FY2012/13 to ¥73 trillion. Although the 

first half of FY2012/13 was marred by the re-emergence of the European sovereign debt crisis 

and concerns of a worldwide economic slowdown, the market environment enjoyed an upturn 

thanks to policy changes initiated by the new Japanese government administration. 

Toshihiro Iwasaki
Asset Management CEO

Business results

FY2008/09

FY2009/10

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

(Billions of yen)

Net revenue

51.9

Non-interest expenses

47.8

Income before income 
taxes

  4.1

62.1

46.8

15.2

66.5

46.5

20.0

65.8

45.3

20.5

68.9

47.8

21.2

Note: Due to a reorganization in April 2011, reported amounts for Asset Management and Other have been reclassified.

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*   UCITS: The Undertakings for 

Collective Investment in 
Transferable Securities

Financial Results for FY2012/13

Our investment trust business offered a truly wide range of products, including funds aimed at 

reducing  risk  and  funds  tailored  to  the  current  investment  environment.  As  a  result,  we  saw 

investment inflows into our Premium strategy fund, which combines investments in global equities, 

REIT  and  Japanese  stocks  with  derivative  transactions,  and  our  other  high-yield  bond  and 

emerging market bond funds. We listed a number of new ETFs as part of the NEXT FUNDS family, 

including ETFs linked to the Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index, Nikkei 225 Inverse Index and the Nomura 

Japan Equity High Dividend 70. This approach enabled us to capture fund inflows for a wide range 

of products throughout the year, despite the changing market conditions. Consequently, Nomura 

Asset Management’s share (net asset basis) of Japan’s public investment trust market stood at 

22.3% as of the end of March 2013, compared to 22.1% at the end of the previous year.

Our investment advisory business steadily increased mandates for Japanese stocks, high 

yield bonds and global bonds primarily from European financial institutions and sovereign wealth 

funds in Asia, which helped to steadily increase our assets under management. We also increased 

net  assets  by  providing  Japanese  equity  funds  and  US  high  yield  bond  funds  compliant  with 

Europe’s UCITS* mainly to high net worth individuals outside of Japan. 

As a result, assets under management reached ¥27.9 trillion at the end of March 2013, 

marking a ¥3.3 trillion increase compared to the previous fiscal year end. Asset Management 

reported net revenue of ¥68.9 billion, up 5.0% year on year, and income before income taxes of 

¥21.2 billion, an increase of 3.0% year on year.

Assets under management

(Trillions of yen)
30

27.9

23.4

24.7

24.6

20

10

0

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12 2012/13

(Fiscal year)

Note: Net after deduction duplications from total assets under 
management of companies that belong to the Asset
Management Division

Share of public investment trust market in 
Japan 

(As of March 31, 2013)

Others
27.3%

#9
2.8%

#8
3.2%

#7
3.3%

#6
3.6%

Nomura
Asset Management
22.3%

#2
14.4%

#3
11.1%

#4
7.2%

#5
4.8%

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Nomura Fund Recognized with Award

Nomura Asset Management’s investment trusts have earned a strong reputation from investment 

trust  rating  agencies  for  their  ability  to  satisfy  a  broad  range  of  investment  strategies.  Nine  of 

Nomura’s funds, including the “World Water Fund Course A,” received a best funds award at the 

“Lipper  Fund  Awards  2013  Japan”  for  their  solid  mid-  to  long-term  performance.  In  addition, 

Nomura funds also received Morningstar’s “Fund of the Year 2012” and “R&I Fund Award 2012.”

Responsible Investment

Nomura Asset Management is a signatory of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible 

Investment  (UN  PRI)  and  ensures  that  its  client-focused  asset  management  services  are 

performed in accordance with the firm’s social responsibilities. To that end, we have established 

the  ESG  Committee,  which  is  chaired  by  the  CIO  and  meets  twice  a  year  to  deliberate  our 

approach to addressing environment, social and governance 

issues.  In  FY2012/13,  we  organized  in-house  training 

programs  for  asset  managers  in  order  to  raise  awareness 

and broaden their understanding of responsible investments.

Looking Forward
Delivering Highly Competitive and Industry-Leading Performance

Asset Management is committed to leveraging its core active management capabilities to deliver 

highly  competitive  and  industry-leading  performance  for  Japanese  and  Asian  equities  funds, 

where it offers superior experience and results, Asian bonds and emerging equities funds through 

its expanded investment management and research reach, and J-REITs, where it has established 

a solid track record over the years. 

Main awards received by Nomura Asset Management managed funds (FY2012/13)

Morningstar Fund of the Year 2012 

Excellent Awarded Fund  High Dividend Bond Fund Division / 

Nomura Emerging Bond Open Course A 

R&I Fund Award 2012 (defined benefits pension plan category) 

Japanese Core Equity Fund Category / Japan Equity Advanced Alpha 
Japanese Growth Equity Fund Category / Japan Equity Active Growth 

 
We will also strive to provide a more unique range of asset management solutions, such as 

the management of high yield and inflation-linked bond funds, which require advanced financial 

expertise,  high  alpha  bond  funds  that  seek  absolute  returns,  and  Shariah-compliant  asset 

*   Shariah-compliant asset 
management services: A 
method of asset management 
fully compliant with Islamic 
Shariah Law.

management services*, where demand is expected to grow.

Encouraging a Shift from Savings to Investing through Investment Trusts

In  the  investment  trust  business,  we  will  deliver  diverse  investment  opportunities  that  meet  a 

broad  range  of  retail  investor  needs  in  order  to  strengthen  our  presence  in  the  domestic 

investment trust market. Furthermore, we will strive to grow the overall market by expanding the 

scale of our existing products. We will continue to offer a toll free customer service center for retail 

investors  and  investment  trust  sales  staff,  study  sessions  for  distributors,  and  retail  investor 

seminars. This will help us broaden investor understanding about investment trust products and 

associated risks and gain a better recognition of investor needs. In turn, this knowledge will be 

utilized to further enhance our services.   

We will further expand our product lineup in order to capture opportunities from the growth 

of  defined  contribution  pension  plans.  At  the  same  time,  we  will  increase  investor  education 

programs, correct the imbalance toward more conservative products within defined contribution 

plans,  and  make  improvements  to  these  plans  to  enable  other  products  to  be  rolled  into 

investment trusts.  

In  advance  of  the  Nippon  Individual  Savings  Account  (NISA)  program  slated  to  begin  in 

January 2014, we conducted a survey of retail investors and published the results in April 2013. 

Going  forward,  we  will  continue  to  share  easy-to-understand  information  to  raise  awareness 

about NISA and promote the use of this program. We will also develop products fully compliant 

with the program.

Further Expanding the Investment Advisory Business

In the investment advisory business, we will work to develop asset management policies tailored 

to each client segment, country and region, and propose a strategy best suited to each client’s 

investment objectives. Asset Management is in the process of expanding its lineup of products 

that seek absolute returns, to complement its existing strengths in Japanese equities and Asian 

equities as well as global and high yield bonds. 

With Japan’s employee pension scheme undergoing changes, we will respond to a broad 

range of asset management needs and fulfill our fiduciary duty to our clients. Outside of Japan, 

we  will  continue  to  increase  mandates  from  sovereign  wealth  funds,  central  banks  and  major 

pension  funds.  We  will  also  further  expand  the  fund  business  in  Europe  and  Asia  by  utilizing 

UCITS-compliant funds.

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Wholesale

The Wholesale division provides a wide range of financial products and solutions to 
clients  globally.  It  comprises  Global  Markets  which  offers  structuring,  sales  and 
trading of global securities and Investment Banking which offers capital raising and 
advisory services. 

We position ourselves as Asia’s Global Investment Bank. We aim to increase 
profitability by focusing on the businesses where we have a competitive edge and 
by providing high value-add services to our clients.

Atsushi Yoshikawa

Wholesale CEO

Market Environment and Results of FY2012/13

Net revenue for the fiscal year was ¥644.9 billion, an increase of 16% from the previous year. 

Income before income taxes was ¥71.7 billion, compared to a loss of ¥37.7billion the year before, 

marking a strong year-on-year turnaround.

It was a year of evolving fortunes, with overall business performance improving significantly 

in the second half. This was driven by increasing client volumes in Fixed Income flow products 

and a robust recovery in income from Japanese equities transactions thanks to the impact of the 

“Abenomics” policy measures announced by the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan.

Fixed  Income  delivered  a  strong  performance  with  revenues  increasing  38%  over  the 

previous  year.  Growth  was  seen  across  the  global  franchise  -  all  international  regions  grew 

significantly, with the Americas delivering their highest revenues since 2010, when we started the 

US build out.

Business results

FY2008/09

FY2009/10

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

(Billions of yen)

Net revenue

(163.6)

789.5 

626.1

555.0 

644.9 

Non-interest expenses

 553.7

614.3 

622.0

592.7 

573.2 

Income (loss) before 
income taxes

(717.3)

175.2 

     4.1

(37.7) 

  71.7 

Note: Due to a reorganization in April 2012, reported amounts for Wholesale and Other from the year ended March 2011 have been reclassified.

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Equities results were broadly in line with the previous year. This was despite the disruption 

through significant changes to the cost structure of the business, for example, through the migration 

of our execution capabilities to Instinet and the reorganization of our equity research platform. 

Investment Banking revenues improved significantly based on increased Equity issuance in 

Japan in the second half of the year. In the international business we underwrote a number of 

capital raising transactions for European financial institutions and were involved in a wide range 

of Asia related cross-regional advisory and financing deals.

Looking Forward 

While we believe that more time is needed for an economic recovery to gain traction in Europe, we 

have a largely positive outlook for the economies of Japan and the United States. Meanwhile, the 

economic outlook for Asia, which is expected to see strong growth over the medium to long term, 

remains somewhat unclear in the short term amid uncertainties surrounding the Chinese economy.

Internationally,  multinational  financial  services  firms  will  continue  to  face  an  unstable 

earnings environment because of macroeconomic conditions, international politics, and tighter 

regulatory requirements around capital, liquidity, leverage, etc. 

Our strategy for Wholesale is to act as a gatekeeper between Asia and the rest of world, 

focusing  on  sectors  and  products  where  we  have  an  advantage.  In  facilitating  cross-border 

commerce between Japan and the rest of Asia and between APAC and the rest of the world we 

will continue to build on our position as Asia’s Global Investment Bank and achieve standalone 

profitability in each region and business line.

FY2012/13 Wholesale net revenue by region

(Billions of yen)

200

150

100

50

0

137.1

121.9

189.0

196.9 

AEJ

Americas

EMEA

Japan 

Q1 

Q2

Q3

Q4

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Global Markets

Market Environment and Results of FY2012/13 

FY2012/13 was another tumultuous year for the financial markets. It started with a selloff of risk 

assets on the back of Eurozone concerns and political gridlock in the US. However, the business 

environment  improved  in  later  quarters  following  the  European  Central  Bank’s  bond-buying 

program and the Federal Reserve Bank’s QE3 program implemented in September 2012, and 

further driven by a major liquidity injection by the Bank of Japan in December 2012.

Fixed  income  markets  saw  improving  conditions  as  spreads  tightened  in  most  regions 

during the second half of the year. Client transactions also increased thanks to more favorable 

conditions for Credit and Securitized Products given the recovery in investor sentiment.

Our  Fixed  Income  franchise  reported  market  share  gains  across  all  major  products  and 

delivered  its  best  performance  in  three  years,  driven  by  steady  client  flows  on  the  back  of 

worldwide monetary easing.

We continue to enhance our Fixed Income services to respond to the diverse needs of our 

clients, spanning from institutional investors globally to retail clients in Japan. In particular, we 

continue  to  extended  our  electronic  and  clearing  offerings  to  allow  investors  to  address  the 

evolving market structure. These efforts have been acknowledged by our clients as reflected in 

higher market recognition.  

Equities  markets  remained  subdued  in  the  first  half  of  the  year  in  line  with  low  market 

volumes as clients shied away from riskier assets amid the uncertain macroeconomic outlook. 

However, Japan’s aggressive monetary easing policies introduced in December 2012 by the new 

government and the Bank of Japan as part of “Abenomics” spurred renewed confidence in the 

Japanese markets, providing fresh inflows of funds in to the market.  

Awards & Rankings

Institutional Investor

All-Japan Research Team

• No.1: All-Japan Research Team
• No.1: All-Japan Sales Team
• No.1: All-Japan Trading Team

All-America Fixed Income 
Research Team

• No.1: Currency/Foreign Exchange
• No.2: RMBS Strategy/Agency

All-Europe Fixed Income 
Research Team

Risk Magazine

Risk Institutional Investor

Nikkei

Nikkei analyst survey

• No.2: Currency/Foreign Exchange

• No.1: All Rates Products-Yen 
• No.1: Interest Rate Swaps-Yen
• No.1: Single-name Credit Default Swaps (Investment-grade and high yield) – Asia

• Analyst Ranking: No.1 overall
• Fixed Income Analyst / Economist: No.1 overall

Equities  reported  stronger  Japanese  product  related  revenues  on  larger  number  of 

transactions  in  both  the  Cash  and  Derivatives  businesses.  Meanwhile,  we  remain  focused  on 

building a profitable business structure by reducing costs through initiatives such as consolidating 

our execution capabilities with Instinet.

Looking Forward
Market Outlook

With the varied pace of economic recovery and divergence in fiscal and monetary policies around 

the world, the outlook for both the fixed income and equities markets remains uncertain. A more 

cautious  outlook  in  the  financial  markets  is  warranted  as  the  trend  towards  stricter  capital 

requirements will continue to put downward pressure on fee pools.

Integrated Platform Combined with Home Market Advantage in Asia

In December 2012, we reorganized Fixed Income and Equities into an integrated Global Markets 

structure in order to further enhance our operating efficiencies. This change will not only result in 

cost synergies, but also enable us to leverage the newly integrated Global Markets platform to 

deliver innovative cross-asset products and solutions to our clients and to maximize our return 

on financial resources.

As the only Asian house with a global reach, we are leveraging our market leading position 

in Japan to expand our share of cross-border flows connecting Asia with EMEA and the Americas.

Equities Trading Volume Share

TSE market share
(%)
15

13

13

12

11

10

5

0

Q1
FY2012/13

Q2

Q3

Q4

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Wholesale

Investment Banking

Market Environment and Financial Results for FY2012/13

Financing and M&A deals were down globally in the first half of FY2012/13 due to the lingering 

effects of the European sovereign debt crisis and concerns over a slowdown in the Chinese and 

European  economies,  while  in  the  second  half  markets  received  a  boost  from  an  increase  in 

monetary easing programs around the world, which helped drive a recovery in equity financings, 

especially in Japan. 

Investment  Banking  continued  to  build  momentum  globally,  reporting  gross  revenue  of 

¥143.0 billion for FY2012/13. With clients’ needs growing even more diverse and global, Nomura 

stepped up collaboration between different regions and business divisions to participate in more 

cross-border  M&A  deals  and  financings  in  global  markets.  We  also  captured  non-traditional 

solution business associated with such deals, including interest rate and FX risk hedging. This 

approach enabled us to meet a wide range of client needs and play a key role in the growth of 

their businesses.

Nomura  advised  a  number  of  clients  on  cross-border  M&A  deals,  which  covered 

acquisitions  by  Japanese  companies  seeking  growth  opportunities  abroad  and  takeovers  of 

European companies by Asian companies. Examples of these deals include Itochu Corporation’s 

acquisition  of  business  units  from  Dole  Food  Co.  and  Cheung  Kong  Infrastructure  Holdings’ 

takeover of Wales & West Utilities of the UK by a consortium led by Cheung Kong Infrastructure. 

We also played a key role in a number of major industry consolidations taking place in Europe. 

These  included  Credit  Agricole’s  sales  of  its  Greek  subsidiary  as  well  as  the  restructuring  of 

Spanish banks led by The Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring (FROB).

As for financings, Nomura worked as a bookrunner on a number of major deals in Japan 

where  equities  markets  continued  to  stage  a  strong  comeback.  These  included  All  Nippon 

Airways’ (currently ANA Holdings) global offering and Sony’s euro-yen convertible bond. We also 

underwrote  bonds  issuances  for  many  domestic  and  foreign  issuers,  including  Takeda 

Pharmaceutical’s US dollar bond and a Samurai bond issued by Rabobank. 

League table ranking (CY2012)

Japan-related M&A  

Japan-related ECM  

Samurai Bond

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st

1 Global ECM
1
1

Global M&A

st

st

11
12

th

th

Source: Thomson Reuters

In  Europe,  we  executed  a  number  of  capital  raising  transactions  for  European  financial 
institutions,  including  rights  issues*1  by  Italian  insurance  companies  Fondiaria  and  Unipol.  We 
also executed Électricité de France’s (EDF) US dollar hybrid bond. 

In Asia, we acted as a bookrunner on a number of financings aimed at unlocking future 

growth opportunities, including IPOs for Haitong Securities (in Hong Kong) and Religare Health 

Trust (an Indian company controlled by hospital operator Fortis Healthcare).   

As clients’ needs become increasingly diverse and sophisticated, Nomura also provided 

various  solutions  related  to  M&A  and  financing  activities,  including  interest  rate  and  FX  risk 

hedging, mainly to financial sponsors and financial institution clients. This approach helped to 

boost revenues. 

*1   Rights issue: A method of 
increasing capital where 
existing shareholders are 
allotted, without consideration, 
warrants that can be used to 
purchase the stock at a price 
below the market price

*2   Hybrid securities: Securities 
that have both a debt and 
equity component that are 
considered as capital for 
ratings purposes

Looking Forward

We will further enhance and drive profitable growth by focusing on areas where Nomura can win 

and providing a wide range of sophisticated solutions to our clients. 

M&A Advisory

In addition to capturing major deals associated with industry consolidation in Japan and abroad, 

we will focus on pursuing cross-border M&A deals by encouraging greater collaboration among 

regions.  Such  deals  involve  Japanese  companies  seeking  growth  opportunities  overseas  and 

growing Asian companies. 

Major Japanese Trading Companies and Financial Sponsors

As  new  investments  and  exits  continue  to  be  brisk,  we  aim  to  provide  truly  comprehensive 

solutions  that  include  M&A  advisory,  acquisition  &  leveraged  finance,  underwriting  IPOs  of 

portfolio companies, as well as the provision of ancillary transactions like FX hedging. 

Financial Institutions

As capital regulations become tighter with the implementation of Basel III, we will provide a variety 

of solutions aimed at improving the financial strength of clients by way of underwriting rights issues 
and hybrid securities*2, as well as advising on their disinvestment of non-core businesses. 

Expanding our Presence in the Americas

The Americas is home to the largest fee pool in the world. With financial sponsors here expected 

to be active going forward, we will pursue a multi-year phased growth strategy that will include 

increasing  M&A  deals  including  those  involving  the  portfolio  companies  of  financial  sponsors, 

strengthening capabilities in leveraged finance and expanding our client base. 

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Global Research

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Nomura’s global research is renowned for its combination of accuracy and forward-
looking coverage. With research hubs in key Asia-Pacific markets, including Tokyo, 
Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as in London and New York, we currently have 
some  560  researchers  in  15  countries  and  regions  globally.  Our  researchers 
collaborate closely across regions and disciplines to track changes and spot future 
trends in politics, economics, foreign exchange, interest rates, equities, credit and 
quantitative  strategies.  This  extensive  network  of  intellectual  capital  provides  our 
clients with timely, actionable information.

Macro Approach to Global Research
Nomura’s  global  research  covers  GDP  data 

FX  research,  with  its  Asian  FX  and  Rates 

Strategy 

team  ranked  #1 

in 

the  2013 

for  38  countries  and  regions  around  the 

Institutional  Investor  All-Asia  Research  Team 

world,  32  different  currencies,  and  every 

survey.  The  achievement  of  Nomura’s  Asian 

major stock market in Japan, North America, 

FX and rates strategy team mirrors that of its 

Europe and Asia. This represents 90% of the 

number  one  ranked  FX/Currency  Research 

world’s  economic  and  financial  indicators, 

team  in  the  most  recent  Institutional  Investor 

positioning  us  well 

to  provide 

timely 

All-America  Fixed  Income  Research  survey, 

information 

that 

investors  can  put 

to 

and number two ranked FX Research Team in 

immediate use.

the All-Europe Fixed Income Research survey. 

Nomura’s bond research also received 

Award-Winning Research
Our  research  consistently  receives  high 

strong  recognition,  with  our  Bond  Strategy 

team  in  Japan  ranked  number  one  and  our 

industry  recognition.  In  the  2013  equity 

US  MBS  team  ranked  second  in  their 

research rankings announced by Institutional 

respective fields. Furthermore, we topped the 

Investor, we topped the All-Japan Research 

Nikkei  Veritas  rankings  for  bond  analysts, 

Team for the fourth year running. 

credit  analysts,  securitization  analysts,  and 

Meanwhile,  Nomura  has  confirmed  its 

Japanese equity analysts.

position as the world’s pre-eminent provider of 

Global equity research coverage (As of June 30, 2013)

Total: 1,851 companies

Europe

376

Americas

203

Japan

548

Asia
(Excluding Japan)

724

Leading the Global Flow of Money
Nomura’s  award-winning  worldwide  forex 

teams to enable more seamless coverage of 

growing  Asian  markets.  As  of  March  31, 

research 

team  consists  of  17 

full-time 

2013, we covered some 1,300 companies in 

researchers covering 32 major currencies. By 

Japan and Asia and approximately 400 stocks 

providing timely information on forecasts and 

in Europe.

strategy for each currency, they help money 

from Japan flow to the rest of the world and 

money  from  the  rest  of  the  world  flow  into 

Japan and Asia.

High-Quality Research with a Focus 
on Global Trends

We offer timely, clearly presented evaluations 

Another  strength  found  in  Nomura’s 

of global trends and anticipated developments 

global research is our ability to quickly provide 

in  reports  covering  such  themes  as  the 

investment  ideas  on  multiple  asset  classes 

change of government administrations seen 

based on multifaceted analysis of standalone 

around  the  world  in  2012,  the  risk  of  a 

themes.  For  example,  in  April  2013  our 

collapse in the euro, the US fiscal cliff, shale 

researchers  around  the  world  debated  the 

gas, and corporate governance.

impact that the Bank of Japan’s quantitative 

With growing interest in the sustainability 

easing  program  would  have  on  individual 

of  companies  and  other  organizations, 

financial  products.  These  discussions  were 

Nomura  has  been  conducting  research  on 

used  to  provide  investment  implications  on 

themes  with  a  close  correlation  to  the 

not  only  Japanese  equities,  the  yen-dollar 

environment, including power grid stabilization 

exchange rate, and the Japanese economy, 

measures as well as the carbon capture and 

but also European and North American debt, 

storage business.

international  equities  and  emerging  market 

Meanwhile, 

investments 

that  are 

currencies  to  clients.  In  this  regard,  our 

considerate of the environment, society and 

researchers  played  a  key  role  in  leading  the 

governance, or ESG, are beginning to catch 

global flow of money.

on  more  widely  among  mainly  European 

investors.  Yet,  with  the  release  of  the 

In-Depth Equity Research Coverage
The cornerstone of Nomura’s equity research 

Principles  for  Financial  Action  towards  a 

Sustainable  Society  by  Japan’s  Ministry  of 

is  our  in-depth,  focused  analysis  of  core 

the  Environment  in  2011,  interest  has  also 

global  sectors,  particularly  those  that  are 

blossomed 

in  ESG-friendly 

investments 

highly  sensitive  to  economic,  market  and 

among Japanese investors as well. With this 

corporate  trends  in  the  Asia-Pacific  region, 

in  mind,  Nomura  organized  its  first  seminar 

where  Nomura  can  leverage  its  natural 

on  ESG  investments  in  July  2012.  Nomura 

advantage as Asia’s global investment bank. 

also  publishes  reports  on  utilizing  ESG 

We launched our US coverage in earnest in 

information  in  equity  investing  as  part  of  its 

October 2010 and after narrowing our focus 

ongoing  commitment  to  provide  investment 

to  key  sectors,  which 

include 

financial 

ideas  and  hints  on  how  best  to  use  ESG 

services,  telecommunications,  technology, 

information.  Going  forward,  Nomura  will 

and retail, our US coverage has expanded to 

continue to provide beneficial research to its 

more  than  200  stocks.  In  Asia,  we  merged 

clients  through  the  development  of  related 

our  Japan  and  ex-Japan  equity  research 

equity indexes and other means.

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Business for Sustainability

The Nomura Group recognizes that the financial services industry plays a vital role 
in contributing to economic growth and the sustainable development of society by 
stimulating the circulation of capital through its products and services. As such, we 
are firmly committed to solving a variety of social issues around the world through 
our core businesses.  

East Japan Revival Support Bond 
Fund 1105

natural  gas  power  generation,  to  ensure  the 

availability of alternative power sources.

Nomura  Asset  Management  has  been 

managing  the  East  Japan  Revival  Support 

Bond  Fund  1105  since  its  inception  in  May 

Underwriter for JICA Bond Issuance
Japan 
International  Cooperation  Agency 

2011, with the goal of providing disaster relief 

(JICA)  is  the  unified  implementing  body  of 

assistance to those areas affected by the Great 

Japan’s  Overseas  Development  Assistance 

East Japan Earthquake. The fund is structured 

(ODA). In order to diversify its fundraising and 

so  that  it  provides  donations  (approximately 

widely  share  its  mission  to  the  people  of 

0.2%  annually  of  the  fund’s  total  daily  net 

Japan, JICA issues bonds for retail investors 

assets)  once  every  six-month  settlement 

called  JICA  bonds.  In  December  2012, 

period.  The  fund  donated  a  portion  of  its 

Nomura  was  given 

the  opportunity 

to 

custodial  fees  from  the  settlement  periods  of 

underwrite  a  JICA  bond  issuance  as  one  of 

November  2012  and  May  2013  to  Aomori 

the lead managers. 

Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, 

For  this  occasion,  Nomura  organized 

Fukushima  Prefecture,  Ibaraki  Prefecture  and 

investment  seminars  across  Japan  for  retail 

Sendai  City,  to  be  used  for  reconstruction 

investors  and  also  distributed  a  video 

projects. In addition to these local governments, 

program on JICA bonds for salespeople at all 

donations  were  also  provided  for  educational 

of its branches in Japan. Going forward, we 

and living support for children orphaned by the 

will  continue  to  market  and  promote  the 

disaster.  The  total  amount  donated  was  ¥33 
million.*1 A total of 10 donations will be made 
over the fund’s five-year term.

Public–Private Partnership 
Infrastructure Fund Distribution

positive implications of making contributions 

to international society through investing.

Supporting Investment in Clean 
Energy Projects

The  Banking  Environment  Initiative  (BEI)  is 

In  September  2012,  Nomura  Securities 

an  environmental  and  social  sustainability 

commenced sales of the SPARX – Public – Private 

Partnership Green Energy Investment Limited 

Liability Partnership, in order to help establish 

initiative 
spearheaded  by  multinational 
financial  institutions.  As  one  of  the  ten*2 
the  Nomura  Group 
founding  members, 

a 

financing 

system 

for 

infrastructure 

participates 

in 

the  organization’s  Clean 

development and ensure the stable supply of 

Energy  Working  Group,  and  as  part  of  this, 

electricity. This is a public–private partnership 

Nomura Securities has researched valuation 

fund  established  by  the  Tokyo  Metropolitan 

methods  employed  in  clean  energy  project 

Government to prevent an energy crisis in the 

investment. In November 2012, the results of 

wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and 

this research were presented in the keynote 

nuclear power plant shutdowns. Through this 

presentation  “An  Options  Approach 

to 

fund,  Nomura  Securities  solicits  investments 

Unlocking Investment in Clean Energy,” at the 

in power providers, including solar, wind and 

1st BEI Forum held in London.  

*1   The total amount from the 
fourth settlement period 
(November 2012 to May 2013)

*2   BEI participants: Nomura 
Group, Bank of New York 
Mellon, Barclays, Credit 
Suisse, Deustche Bank, 
Westpac, and others.

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Contributing to the Real Economy through Innovative Businesses
Based  on  its  commitment  to  helping  grow  Japan’s  economy  through  regional  economic  revitalization,  the  Nomura  Group 

leverages its strong network of head and branch offices in Japan to engage in a variety of new innovative businesses, including 

agribusiness, healthcare and regional funds. 

Pursuing Regional Economic Revitalization 

Helping Revitalize Regional Economies 
through a Broader Approach to Agribusiness 

industrial  policy 

Agribusiness  offers  a  significant  opportunity  for  the  revitalization  of 
regional economies. This is because of the hidden potential it offers as 
for  promoting  sixth-order 
a  pillar  of  Japan’s 
industrialization with agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries.  The 
Nomura  Group  is  supporting  the  growth  of  community  based 
agricultural  industries  through  Nomura  Agri  Planning  &  Advisory  Co. 
Ltd.  (NAPA)  by  leveraging  the  financial  services  know-how  and 
information gathering capabilities of Nomura’s nationwide branch office 
network.  NAPA  utilizes  expertise  gained  from  experimental  farms 
located  in  Chiba  and  Hokkaido  to  support  companies  that  are 
newcomers  to  agriculture,  to  assist  in  the  development  of  a  new 
agricultural  business  model  for  areas 
damaged  in  the  Great  East  Japan 
Earthquake, and to host seminars with 
the  support  of 
the  Ministry  of 
Agriculture,  Forestry  and  Fisheries  to 
encourage  sixth-order  industrialization 
across Japan. 

Taking Part in Commercialization Projects 
through Industry–Academia Partnerships 

The  Nomura  Group  considers  the  lack  of  accumulated  expertise  in 
commercialization  as  a  major  issue  facing  today’s  industry–academia 
partnerships.  To  solve  this,  the  Nomura  Group  is  committed  to 
proactively providing the know-how that it has accumulated over many 
years in the field. In April 2013, Nomura Holdings and Nomura Securities 
were recognized as “Project Promoters” for the Ministry of Education, 
Culture,  Sports,  Science  and  Technology’s  “Program  for  Creating 
STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology” (START). Under 
this  program,  Project  Promoters  partner  with  universities  to  cultivate 
their research and development into viable businesses. To that end, the 
Nomura Group is fully utilizing its network and functions to create the 
new industries and new markets of the future. 

Learn more about the Nomura Group’s “Business for Sustainability” on our corporate website:

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/sustainable/services.html 
http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/sustainable/products.html 

Supporting the Establishment and 
Management of Regional Funds

The Nomura Group has been involved in the 
establishment and management of funds by 
regional banks, such as Akita Bank’s “Akita 
Regional Revitalization Assistance Fund No. 
2” and Yamagata Bank’s “Yamagata Regional 
Growth Fund.” These funds seek to incubate 
local  companies  engaged  in  future  growth 
fields, including renewable energies. 

Helping Revitalize Regional Medicine through 
Healthcare Initiatives

The healthcare industry in Japan is expected to grow on 
the  back  of  the  country’s  slowing  birthrate  and  aging 
population,  but  the  industry  also  faces  serious  social 
challenges, such as how to strengthen its management 
structure and improve its financial standing. The Nomura 
Group is helping to secure the safety of regional medicine, 
revitalize regional economies and generate employment 
opportunities  through  healthcare  and  nursing  care 
consulting and the provision of financial solutions by Nomura 
Healthcare  Co.,  Ltd.  In  FY2012/13,  Nomura  provided 
consulting services on the construction of new hospitals 
in the Kinki region of Japan. 
Moreover,  by  the  end  of 
March  2013,  Nomura 
Securities had donated to 
each of 25 hospitals with 
a  helicopter  emergency 
medical service.  

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Column

Collaborating across Regions and Divisions for Our Clients and Society

Nomura  stands  committed  to  being  Asia’s  global  investment  bank.  Utilizing  our  global  business 
platform, we are working in a variety of ways to connect our clients to the growth markets of Asia 
through collaboration that transcends both regions and business divisions. Below, we introduce the 
case of ADB Clean Energy Bonds as a highlight of these efforts. By arranging such financial instruments, 
we contribute to the sustainable economic growth of Asia.

Supporting the Enhancement of Social Infrastructure in Asia through Financial Instruments

It has been said that around $8 trillion will be required to 

divisions  (Investment  Banking  and  Global  Markets 

enhance  social  infrastructure  in  the  coming  years  to 

units),  with  our  offices  in  London  and  Japan  working 

achieve further growth in Asia, which is a key driver of 

together. Going forward, we will use similar collaboration 

global  economic  growth.  Nomura  serves  as  a  bridge 

transcending  both  regions  and  business  divisions  to 

between investors who wish to make a contribution to 

develop  and  offer  products  and  services  that  help 

society  through  their  investments  and  the  financial 

resolve social issues and fulfill a variety of client needs.

needs of projects that aim to resolve the region’s many 

social issues.

As an example, in January 2013 Nomura underwrote 

the  Clean  Energy  Bonds 

issued  by 

the  Asian 

Development  Bank  (ADB)  and  distributed  them  to 

Japanese  investors.  Proceeds  from  these  bonds  are 

used to fund clean energy projects such as solar and 

wind  power,  which  contributes  to  the  sustainable 

economic development of Asia.

These  bonds  were  structured  and  distributed 

through a collaborative effort by our Retail and Wholesale 

Clean Energy Projects Receiving Support from the ADB

PRC Zhangbei Wind Power Project
ADB Photo Library

Philippine Energy Efficiency Project
ADB Photo Library

Stakeholder Feedback

Supporting Energy Projects with Green Energy Bonds

Anthony J. Jude 
Chair, Energy Committee; Senior Advisor and Practice Leader (Energy) 
Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank has raised, through Nomura 
International plc, the equivalent of more than $400 million 
from its second sale of Clean Energy Bonds to Japanese 
retail  investors  in  2012/13.  The  Clean  Energy  Bonds 
provide  a  way  for  investors  to  direct  funding  to  clean 
energy  projects.  The  bonds  will  support  ADB’s  ongoing 
renewable  energy  and  energy  efficiency  projects  in  Asia 
and the Pacific. 

In 2012, ADB approved $2.36 billion investment in 
clean  energy  projects  up  from  $2.1  billion  in  2011  and 
surpassing the 2013 target of $2 billion. About 41.3% of 
this  amount  is  for  energy  efficiency  projects  with  the 
remaining  amount  going  to  renewable  energy  projects. 
Renewable  energy  projects  include  hydro,  solar,  wind, 

biomass, and waste-to-energy projects. Energy efficiency 
projects consist of district heating retrofits, electric vehicles, 
loss  reduction  in  transmission  and  distribution  lines,  and 
industrial energy efficiency improvements. The 2012 ADB 
clean energy projects are expected to add 1,255 MW of 
renewable energy capacity, to save annually 871 GWh of 
electricity and 71,938 TJ of fuel and to avoid 15.9 million 
tons of CO2.

ADB and Nomura will continue 
to  promote  and  support  socially-
in  clean 
responsible 
energy as they move forward to create 
a sustainable society free of poverty.

investments 

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Partnerships and Business Flow Transcending Regions and Business Divisions

Asia

Clean energy projects in Asian countries

Investment

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Investment capital

UK 

Nomura Group

Investment Banking

Working with the ADB

Corporate

Document preparation

The  clean  energy  bonds  issued  together 
with the ADB yielded an excellent result. The 
proceeds  help  the  ADB  to  diversify  its 
funding  sources  and  make  an  impactful 
contribution to sustainability.

Japan 

Malik Menzer
Debt Capital Markets

Overall deal coordination

This  deal  connected  the  ADB,  which  is 
supporting  clean  energy  projects,  with  the 
broad  range  of  Japanese  investor  needs 
through 
team-wide  collaboration  across 
different regions and business divisions.

Saori Tanaka
Syndicate Department

Intermediary to distributors

Product planning

Retail Division

Gary Durham
Transaction Legal - Debt Capital Markets

Global Markets

Information and order provision to Sales

Takuji Nishike
Fixed Income Marketing Dept.

There is increasing demand for contributing 
to  society  through  investments,  rather 
than  donations  or  charitable  fundraising. 
This  product  was  developed  to  cultivate 
these needs.

Regional
banks,
etc.

Product
sales

Tatsuya Kitamura
Brokerage Alliance Business Consulting Dept.

Takahiro Kikutake
Product Development and Planning Dept.

Product sales

Product sales

I  received  a  great  deal  of  positive 
feedback  from  clients.  This  included 
that  it  was  easy  to  understand  how 
the funds would be used and that they 
were happy to know their investment 
would  make  a  difference.  This 
reaffirmed  for  me  the  important  role 
that we played in helping to connect 
investors with financing demand.

Noriko Suzaki 
Yokohama Branch Office

Mikiko Omori
Sendai Branch Office

Product sales

Investors

I  helped  clients  to  understand 
the  importance  of  the  issuer’s 
rating, the purpose of financing, 
and  currency  diversification, 
which  provided  a  real  sense  of 
contributing to the betterment of 
society through investing.

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Rebuilding Trust

Nomura would like to take this opportunity to 

put in place remain effective. To this end, the 

once again apologize to its many stakeholders 

status of implementation of the improvement 

for any trouble or concern it may have caused 

measures  will  be  monitored  by 

the 

in  relation  to  the  series  of  insider  trading 

Improvement  Measures 

Implementation 

incidents  in  2012  related  to  public  offerings 

Committee  under  the  direct  control  of  the 

for  which  Japan’s  Securities  and  Exchange 

Representative Executive Officer and President 

Surveillance Commission has recommended 

of Nomura Securities.

administrative penalties.

By 

thoroughly 

implementing 

the 

improvement  measures,  we  will  work  to 

Overview
On  June  29,  2012,  Nomura  Securities 

prevent such incidents from occurring again 

and  strive  to  regain  the  public’s  trust  while 

announced a series of business improvement 

continuing to reinforce our internal controls.

measures  to  address  these  incidents  that 

have now been fully implemented. While we 

believe  that  all  the  improvement  measures 

Improvement Measures
The 

following 

represents 

the  main 

are  functioning  effectively,  we  recognize  the 

improvement measures implemented for this 

importance 

of  maintaining 

consistent 

series  of  insider  trading  incidents  related  to 

implementation  of  the  measures  to  ensure 

public offerings.

the new organizational structure and systems 

Summary of Implemented Improvement Measures

1.   Enhancement of the Control System for 

Corporate-Related Information

reported to related departments and the relevant executive 
officers in charge.  

Company  rules  were  revised  and  the  departments  in 
charge of institutional equity sales are now prohibited from 
requesting corporate-related information from analysts or 
departments that are likely to be in contact with corporate-
related  information  for  business  reasons,  such  as  the 
Syndicate  Department.  Rules  are  now  more  rigorously 
enforced to ensure that both corporate-related information 
and  information  that  is  indicative  of  corporate-related 
information is no longer transmitted by the departments in 
charge of institutional equity sales.

2.   New Establishment of Equity Administration 

Department (Currently GM Sales Administration 
Department) 

In  July  2012,  the  Equity  Administration  Department  was 
established.  Since  then,  this  department  has  been 
monitoring  call  recordings,  use  of  e-mails  and  online 
chats, and use of entertainment expenses by employees 
in the departments in charge of institutional equity sales. In 
April 2013, the name of this department was changed to 
the GM Sales Administration Department and its scope of 
monitoring  was  expanded  to  departments  in  charge  of 
bond sales. At the same time, a framework for monitoring 
the  sales  activities  of  all  departments  in  charge  of  sales 
targeting institutional investors was also set up. In order to 
monitor exchanges with clients, employees of departments 
in  charge  of  institutional  equity  sales  have  been  issued 
mobile phones with a call recording function that must be 
used  at  all  times.  The  results  of  monitoring  activities  are 

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3.   Improvement of Personnel System and 

Implementation of Training

Changes  were  made  to  the  personnel  system  and 
performance appraisals now emphasize “Business Ethics/
Compliance” as an important assessment criterion that is 
equally  ranked  with  “Achievements  and  Results”  and 
“Potential.” Changes were also made to the compensation 
scheme  and  new  guidelines  created  to  give  qualitative 
assessment of business ethics more weight in promotion 
criteria,  to  reflect  the  qualitative  assessment  in  the  year-
end  assessment/compensation  (bonus),  and  to  prepare 
guidelines  concerning  the  reduction  or  clawback  of 
deferred  compensation  on  the  grounds  of  receiving  a 
disciplinary  action  in  connection  with  a  breach  of 
compliance rules and policies.

In  addition,  all  officers  and  employees  must  now 
participate  in  an  annual  training  session  to  raise  greater 
awareness 
Furthermore, 
employees  of  departments  in  charge  of  sales  targeting 
institutional  investors  must  take  part  in  these  training 
sessions biannually. 

about  business 

ethics. 

In  order  to  rationalize  the  use  of  entertainment 
expenses,  company  rules  have  been  put  in  place  to 
regulate  gifts  and  business  entertainment  expenses 
outside of the Company as well as to prohibit the excessive 
concentration  of  gifts  and  business  entertainment 
expenses on particular clients. 

Shoichi Nagamatsu 
Executive Managing Director
Chief of Staff
Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Re-Imbuing Compliance and Business Ethics
Nomura has reinforced and made changes to its compliance 
system as well as initiated various measures to foster greater 
compliance  awareness  and  business  ethics  among  all  its 
executive officers and employees in order to prevent insider 
trading scandals from ever happening again. 

Specifically,  these  efforts  can  be  broken  down  into 
three  points.  First,  Nomura  changed  the  way  it  manages 
corporate-related information and established a system for 
properly managing this information between departments 
that  have  such  information,  departments  without  such 
information,  and  clients.  Second,  Nomura  newly 
established  the  Equity  Administration  Department  to 
reinforce its monitoring functions of departments in charge 

Hisato Miyashita
Senior Managing Director
Group Compliance Head
Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Representative Executive Officer
Compliance Division, Internal Control 
Supervisory Manager
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Internal  Control  Supervisory  Manager, 

Living up to the Trust Our Clients Place in Us
In April 2013, I was appointed as Representative Executive 
Officer  of  Nomura  Securities  Co.,  Ltd.,  Compliance 
to 
Division, 
complement  my  current  posting  of  Senior  Managing 
Director of Nomura Holdings and Group Compliance Head. 
In  2012,  Nomura  Securities  drew  up  preventive 
measures for the series of insider trading incidents related 
to  public  offerings  for  which  Japan’s  Securities  and 
Exchange  Surveillance  Commission 
recommended 
administrative  penalties.  Each  and  every  one  of  these 
preventive measures is now being fully implemented, and 
we  are  currently  monitoring  the  implementation  process, 
making further changes and taking steps to further enhance 

of  institutional  equity  sales.  The  name  of  this  department 
was changed to the GM Sales Administration Department 
as  of  April  1,  2013,  and  its  scope  was  expanded  to 
departments in charge of bond sales. Third, Nomura has 
made improvements to its personnel management system 
and training programs. Greater weight has been given to 
business ethics and compliance for performance appraisals 
and promotions, and business ethics training sessions are 
now held regularly for all executive officers and employees. 
Going  forward,  the  most  important  action  we  can 
take  is  to  ensure  that  our  efforts  are  maintained  and 
sustained.  To  that  end,  each  and  every  executive  officer 
and  employee  must  be  fully  prepared  to  remake  the 
company from the ground up and maintain the same high 
level  of  business  ethics  demanded  from  professionals  in 
the  financial  services  industry.  Such  business  ethics  are 
formed  through  training  as  well  as  daily  communication 
between supervisors, junior staff and fellow colleagues as 
well  as  clients.  Nomura  will  continue  to  implement  these 
compounding, company-wide efforts that are essential to 
restoring  our  trust  and  credibility  and  to  making  market 
growth possible.   

and reinforce our internal control framework. I am committed 
to ensure the continuity and sustained functionality of these 
preventive  measures  and  to  make  further  improvements 
going forward.  

I believe that the essence of compliance can be found 
in  professionalism  underpinned  by  business  ethics  and 
social conventions. In this sense, compliance forms a vital 
element that determines the true value of the many services 
we  provide  clients.  Each  and  every  one  of  our  employees 
needs  to  abide  by  the  rules,  which  includes  the  laws  and 
regulations that form a vital part of their duties, to understand 
the essence and act according to these rules, and constantly 
be aware of their own role in society as someone working in 
the financial services industry. That is, it is critical for Nomura 
to foster a corporate culture where employees perform their 
duties  with  a  strong  sense  of  business  ethics  and 
commitment  to  compliance.  I  am  convinced  that  such  a 
corporate  culture  will  enable  us  to  regain  the  trust  of  our 
clients  and  make  further  contributions  to  the  sound 
development  of  capital  markets.  Going  forward,  we  will 
continue to build up our compliance framework with an even 
greater commitment than before.

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Corporate Governance

Approach to Corporate Governance
Nomura Holdings recognizes that enhancement of corporate governance is one of the top priorities to 
achieve its management visions of enhancing corporate value by deepening society’s trust in the firm 
and increasing the satisfaction of stakeholders, including that of shareholders and clients. On this basis, 
we are committed to strengthening and improving the governance framework by pursuing transparency 
in our management and expediting the decision-making process within the Nomura Group. 

Measures for Reinforcing Governance
When  we  adopted  a  holding  company 

by adopting the Committee System, a system 

in which management oversight and business 

structure  and  listed  on  the  New  York  Stock 

execution functions are clearly separated. 

Exchange  (NYSE)  in  2001,  we  installed 

In  2004,  we  established  the  “Code  of 

Outside  Directors,  established  an  Internal 

Ethics  of  Nomura  Group”,  which  specifies 

Controls  Committee,  a  Compensation 

matters  to  be  observed  by  each  director, 

Committee  (the  majority  of  the  members  are 

officer  and  employee  of  the  Nomura  Group 

Outside  Directors)  as  well  as  an  Advisory 

with  respect  to  corporate  governance  and 

Board  of  eminent  persons  from  outside  the 

corporate social responsibility. We are striving 

company, and further improved our information 

to  thoroughly  implement  such  matters  by 

disclosure system, as part of our commitment 

obtaining  a  compliance  pledge  once  a  year 

to ensure management transparency. 

and  conducting  training  programs.  Please 

In  addition, 

in  2003,  we 

further 

see our corporate website for more details.

strengthened and increased the transparency 

Code of Ethics of Nomura Group

of our oversight functions and expedited the 

Nomura  Group’s  decision-making  process 

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/company/
basic/ethics.html

Management Structure

Shareholders’ Meeting

Board of Directors

Nomination Committee

Audit Committee

Compensation Committee

• Three Directors, including two Outside Directors
• Determines the details of proposals on the election and dismissal of Directors for submission to 
a meeting of shareholders in accordance with a set criteria for character, insight, experience, 
and independence
• Directors concurrently serving as Executive Officers are not members

• Three Directors, including two Outside Directors
• Audits the execution of duties by the Directors and Executive Officers, prepares audit reports, 
and determines details of proposals regarding the election, dismissal, and non-reelection of the 
Independent Auditor for submission to a meeting of shareholders
• All  committee  members  satisfy  requirements  for  independent  directors  as  defined  in  the 
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

• Three Directors, including two Outside Directors
• Determines  policy  with  respect  to  the  particulars  of  compensation  for  each  Director  and 
Executive officer, as well as the individual compensation
• Directors concurrently serving as executive officers are not members

Group CEO

Executive Management Board

Advisory Board

Deliberates on and determines important management matters, 
such as the management strategy for Nomura Group, business 
plans, budgets, and allocation of management resources

Established  as  a  consulting  body  to 
the  Executive  Management  Board, 
with  the  aim  to  bring  an  external 
perspective  to  the  formation  of  our 
management strategy 

Group Integrated Risk Management Committee Deliberates  on  and  determines  important  matters  concerning  the 

integrated risk management of Nomura Group

Internal Controls Committee Deliberates on and determines matters concerning the establishment and assessment of internal 
control of Nomura Group and promoting proper corporate behavior

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Corporate Governance System
The  Committee  System  clearly  separates 

Directors, and based on supervision with an 

emphasis on the external perspective, we are 

management 

oversight 

and  business 

aspiring to put in practice management with 

execution functions. The Committee System 

a  high  level  of  transparency.  We  emphasize 

expedites  the  decision–making  process  by 

the independence of Outside Directors from 

broadly delegating authority for the execution 

the Nomura Group, and in order to maintain 

of  business  functions  from  the  Board  of 

such independence, we have established the 

Directors  to  the  Executive  Officers.  Further, 

“Independence Criteria for Outside Directors.” 

the Committee System enhances management 

As  none  of  the  Outside  Directors  fall  under 

oversight  by  establishing  the  Nomination, 

the  categories  for  which  independence  is 

Audit  and  Compensation  Committees,  and 

considered  suspect,  and  since  none  of  the 

the  majority  of 

the  members  of  each 

Outside Directors have any conflicts of interests 

committee are Outside Directors. Among the 

with  the  shareholders,  we  have  reported  that 

various  organizational  structures  we  could 

each  of 

the  six  Outside  Directors  are 

have  chosen  to  adopt,  we  believe  that  the 

independent directors in our submission to the 

Committee  System  is  the  most  compatible 

Tokyo Stock Exchange. Please see our Annual 

with  the  corporate  governance  standards 

Securities Report for more information on the 

which  form  a  part  of  the  NYSE  Listed 

Independence Criteria for Outside Directors.

Company Manual. 

6-K

Based  on  this,  we  determined  that 

the  Committee  System  is  the  most  suitable 

form  of  corporate  governance  for  us  at  this 

point in time.

Board of Directors
In  order  to  achieve  effective  oversight  of 

business  execution  functions  from  multiple 

perspectives,  we  place 

importance  on 

diversity within the Board of Directors. Each 

director has a diverse background in terms of 

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library/sec

Board of Directors 

(As of June 26, 2013)

Outside Directors

54% (6 of 11)

Non-Japanese Directors 27% (3 of 11)

nationality,  gender,  professional  experience, 

Female Directors

etc., and by utilizing their extensive experience 

in  their  respective  fields,  such  as  business 

manager,  legal/accounting  professional  and 

public  servant,  the  directors  assist  with  the 

FY2012/13 Board Meetings

9% (1 of 11)

determination  of 

important  managerial 

Convened:

matters and oversee business execution.  

Average attendance rate:

11 times

97%

Additionally, six of the eleven Directors 

making up our Board of Directors are Outside 

Note:  The number of meetings and average attendance rate for the 
Board  of  Directors  represents  results  for  fiscal  2012  (April 
2012 to March 2013)

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Corporate Governance

Business Execution
The Board of Directors has broadly delegated  

Internal Controls
We  are  committed  to  strengthening  and 

decision  making  authority 

for  business 

improving  our  internal  controls  system  to 

execution functions to the Executive officers 

promote 

proper 

corporate 

behavior 

to ensure that they can execute the company’s 

throughout  the  Nomura  Group,  from  the 

business  with  speed  and  efficiency.  Among 

viewpoints 

of 

ensuring  management 

the  matters  delegated  to  the  Executive 

transparency  and  efficiency,  complying  with 

Officers by resolutions adopted by the Board 

laws  and 

regulations,  controlling 

risks, 

of  Directors,  the  most  important  matters  of 

ensuring 

the  reliability  of  business  and 

business  must  be  deliberated  and  decided 

financial reports and fostering the timely and 

by  specific  management  bodies  within  the 

appropriate disclosure of information. 

company, including the Executive Management 

Furthermore, in order to ensure effective 

Board, the Group Integrated Risk Management 

and  adequate  internal  controls,  the  Group 

Committee,  and 

the 

Internal  Controls 

Internal Audit Department, which is independent 

Committee.  These  management  bodies  are 

from  the  business  execution  functions,  and 

required  to  report  to  the  Board  of  Directors 

other  similar  audit  sections  placed  in  major 

on  the  status  of  their  deliberations  at  least 

subsidiaries,  conduct  internal  audits  of  the 

once every three months. 

company and its subsidiaries.

In order to further bolster our business 

The  implementation  status  of  internal 

execution framework for financial operations 

audits  are  also  reported  to  the  Board  of 

that are becoming increasingly sophisticated 

Directors and the Audit Committee. 

and specialized, we utilize a system whereby 

In 

addition, 

to 

strengthen 

the 

the Executive Officers delegate a part of their 

independence  of  the  internal  audit  sections 

authority for business execution decisions to 

from 

the  business  execution 

functions, 

Senior  Managing  Directors  (SMDs),  who 

implementation plans and the formulation of 

focus on individual business line activities.

the budget of the Internal Audit Divisions, as 

well as the election and dismissal of the Head 

Nomura Internal Controls

Internal Controls Committee

Agrees on IA’s audit plan, human 
resources and budget

Audit Committee

• Deliberates on and determines matters concerning 

the maintenance and assessment of internal 
controls and promoting proper corporate behavior

• Members include two Audit Committee 

members, the Group CEO and the Group COO

• Audit plan and budget 

approval

• Appointment and 

dismissal of IA head

Report

Report

Report

• Consists of two Outside Directors, and one 
Director not concurrently serving as an Executive 
Officer

Assists the Audit 
Committee with its duties

Office of Audit Committee

Internal Audit

Internal audits

Management

Business

Risk 
Management

Compliance

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of  the  Internal  Audit  Division  require  the 

history,  responsibilities,  and  compensation 

consent  of  the  Audit  Committee.  Audit 

standards of related business fields. A portion 

Committee  members  may 

recommend 

of  base  salary  may  be  paid  in  the  form  of 

changes to the implementation plan, etc., to 

equity-based  compensation  with  a  certain 

Executive Officers.

Compensation for Directors and 
Executive Officers

non-exercise  period  to  ensure  that  the 

interests  of  Directors  and  Executive  Officers 

are closely aligned with those of shareholders.

As Nomura has adopted a committee system 

for corporate governance, the Compensation 

2. Annual Bonus
Annual  Bonuses  of  Directors  and  Executive 

Committee  has  prepared  and  approved  the 

Officers are determined by taking into account 

Compensation Policy of Nomura Group and 

both  quantitative  and  qualitative  factors. 

Compensation  Policy 

for  Directors  and 

Quantitative factors include performance of the 

Officers of Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Group  and 

the  division 

results,  while 

qualitative  factors  include  achievement  of 

Compensation Policy of Nomura Group 

individual  goals  and  subjective  assessment 

To enable us to achieve sustainable growth, 

of individual contributions. Depending on the 

realize  a  long-term  increase  in  shareholder 

level of bonus payment, a portion of payment 

value,  deliver  added  value  to  our  clients, 

in cash may be deferred. In addition, a portion 

compete  in  the  global  market  and  enhance 

of  deferred  bonus  may  be  paid  in  equity-

our  reputation,  Nomura  has  developed  the 

based  compensation  with  a  certain  non-

Compensation  Policy  of  Nomura  Group 

exercise period in lieu of cash. Such deferred 

applicable  to  regular  employees,  including 

bonus  may  be  unpaid  or  forfeited  under 

senior  management.  The  policy  is  broadly 

specific circumstances. 

divided into six key themes.
1. Align with Nomura values and strategies
2. Reflect firm, division, and individual performance
3.  Establish  appropriate  performance  measurement 

with a focus on risk

4. Align employee and shareholder interests
5. Establish appropriate compensation structures
6. Ensure robust governance and control processes

Compensation Policy for Directors and 
Executive Officers of Nomura Holdings, Inc.

3. Long-Term Incentive Plans
Long-term  incentive  plans  may  be  awarded 

to Directors and Executive Officers, depending 

on 

their 

individual 

responsibilities  and 

performance.  Payments  under 

long-term 

incentive  plans  are  made  when  a  certain 

degree  of  achievements  are  accomplished. 

Payments are made in equity linked awards 

The compensation of directors and executive 

with  appropriate  vesting  periods  to  ensure 

officers  comprises  base  salary,  an  annual 

that  medium 

to 

long-term 

interests  of 

bonus,  and  a  long-term  incentive  plan.  The 

Directors  and  Executive  Officers  are  closely 

Compensation Committee has approved the 

aligned with those of shareholders.

following matters related to compensation of 

directors and executive officers:

Please refer to the 20-F.

1. Base Salary
Base  salary  is  determined  based  on  factors 

such  as  professional  background,  career 

Form 20-F

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Corporate Governance

Board of Directors (As of June 26, 2013)

Nobuyuki Koga
Chairman of the Board of 
Directors
Chairman of the Nomination 
Committee
Chairman of the Compensation 
Committee

Masahiro Sakane
Outside Director
Nomination Committee Member
Compensation Committee Member

Councilor and Senior Adviser of 
Komatsu Ltd.

Takao Kusakari
Outside Director
Nomination Committee Member
Compensation Committee Member

Corporate Advisor of NYK Line

Tsuguoki Fujinuma
Outside Director
Chairman of the Audit Committee

Certified Public Accountant 
Former Chairman and President of 
the Japanese Institute of Certified 
Public Accountants

Toshinori Kanemoto
Outside Director
Audit Committee Member

Attorney-at-Law 
Of-Counsel, City-Yuwa Partners 
Former President of  
ICPO-INTERPOL

Hiroyuki Suzuki
Audit Committee Member

Executive Management Structure (As of August, 2013)

Group CEO

President and Group COO; Wholesale CEO

Retail

Retail CEO

Asset Management

Asset Management CEO

Wholesale

Global Markets

Group COO; Wholesale CEO

Head of Global Markets

Co-Head of Global Markets

Investment Banking

Head of Investment Banking

AEJ

Americas

EMEA

Regional CEO, Asia ex-Japan

Regional CEO, Americas

Regional Co-CEO, Americas

Regional CEO, EMEA

Regional Co-CEO, EMEA

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Koji Nagai

Atsushi Yoshikawa

Toshio Morita

Toshihiro Iwasaki

Atsushi Yoshikawa

Steven Ashley

Naoki Matsuba

Kentaro Okuda

Minoru Shinohara

David Findlay

Toshiya Hasegawa

Jeremy Bennett

Yasuo Kashiwagi

Board of Directors (As of June 26, 2013)

Executive Management Structure (As of August, 2013)

Koji Nagai
Representative Executive Officer 
Group CEO

Atsushi Yoshikawa
Representative Executive Officer 
President and Group COO

Dame Clara Furse
Outside Director

Former Chief Executive of London 
Stock Exchange Group 
Member of the Bank of England’s 
Financial Policy Committee

Michael Lim Choo San
Outside Director

Former Executive Chairman of 
PricewaterhouseCoopers, 
Singapore

David Benson

Chief of Staff

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Risk Officer

Deputy Chief Risk Officer

Deputy Chief of Staff

Shoichi Nagamatsu

Shigesuke Kashiwagi

Lewis O’Donald

Yuji Nakata

Chie Toriumi

Corporate, Others

Group CAO (Wholesale IT, Global Operations, Facility Management)

Paul Spanswick

CIO

Naohiro Sako

Head of Group Compliance and Wholesale Compliance Head

Hisato Miyashita

Global Operations, General Services

Chief Legal Officer and Secretariat

Group Corporate Communications

Head of Global Human Resources

Internal Audit

Group Internal Audit

Masaru Konno

Noriaki Nagai

Eiji Miura

Akihito Watanabe

Junko Nakagawa

Head of Asia Strategy and Wealth Management, Asia

Hiromasa Yamazaki

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Compliance

Compliance framework

Nomura Holdings

Nomura Group 
companies

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Fundamental Approach
Compliance is a top management priority for 

of  the  Head  of  Group  Compliance  are  also 

assigned to each Group company, including 

the Nomura Group, and the Nomura Group 

overseas  offices,  to  develop  and  maintain 

Code  of  Ethics  represents  our  fundamental 

their respective compliance structures.

policy on compliance.

Nomura Securities’ Compliance Structure

Compliance Framework
We  work  to  eliminate  behavior  that  could 

In addition to group-wide initiatives, Nomura 

Securities  has  established  a  Compliance 

result in legal or regulatory violations. Should 

Program  as  a  detailed  action  plan,  and  put 

such  suspicions  arise,  corporate  structures 

into place a compliance framework based on 

and  systems  have  been  put  into  place  to 

this program. 

effectively handle them, including the prompt 

A  Compliance  Committee  chaired  by 

delivery  of  all  related  information  without 

the  President  oversees  company-wide 

exception to management.

initiatives and is in charge of establishing and 

Specifically,  we  have  appointed  a 

deliberating  on  important  issues  related  to 

Group  Compliance  Head 

to  oversee 

internal  controls.  In  addition,  the  Company 

compliance  for  the  Group  as  a  whole  along 

has  assigned  an 

Internal  Administration 

with  a  Group  Compliance  Department  that 

Supervisor to monitor compliance issues and 

provides  support.  A  Wholesale  Compliance 

set up the Compliance Division.

Head has also been designated to strengthen 

The  Compliance  Division  strengthens 

our  internal  controls  in  response  to  global 

and improves legal and regulatory compliance 

business expansion. 

as  well  as  the  internal  controls  system  by 

Compliance  Officers  that  report  on 

formulating  internal  rules  and  disseminating 

compliance-related issues under the direction 

them  throughout  the  Company. 

It  also 

monitors  the  status  of  compliance  with 

respect  to  these  rules  in  each  department 

and  branch  office.  Should  any  problems 

arise, the division takes remedial action such 

as  increasing  awareness  of  the  rules  or 

Board of Directors

Audit Committee

revising them as needed.

Executive Management Board

Group Compliance Head

Direction

Report

Wholesale Compliance Head

Direction

Report

Group Compliance Department

Direction

Report

Compliance Officers

Direction

Report

Departments

Nomura Securities’ Primary Initiatives
•  Protocols for preventing money laundering, including 
reporting  of  suspicious 

identification  and 

the 
transactions

•  Protocols for eliminating all transactions associated 
with criminal or unethical organizations or activities in 
violation  of  applicable  laws,  such  as  not  allowing 
organized crime groups to participate in trading with 
Nomura Securities

•  Managing conflicts of interest and insider information 
from  a  global  perspective  by  concentrating 
information in the Group Compliance Department

Compliance Hotline

Employees  in  Japan  who  have  become 

aware of potential legal or regulatory violations 

are  able  to  directly  report  their  concerns  to 

staff designated by Nomura Holdings through 

the Compliance Hotline.

Compliance Training

We  conduct  comprehensive  compliance 

training 

for  all  executive  officers  and 

Nomura Securities’ Primary Initiatives
•  Appointing  officers  to  oversee  internal  controls, 
compliance, etc., and developing systems to ensure 
compliance and the appropriateness of operations
•  Thoroughly screening account openings and conducting 

proper examinations when underwriting securities

•  Conducting  sales  and  solicitation  activities 

•  Carefully reviewing product details and taking action 
to provide accurate and comprehensive information
in 
compliance  with  the  Financial  Instruments  and 
Exchange  Act  and  laws  and  regulations  governing 
each operation with an overall understanding of the 
customer’s  knowledge  of  financial  instruments  and 
financial status

employees on topics such as the prevention 

•  Ensuring thorough compliance with laws, regulations 

of  money  laundering  and  insider  trading, 

firewall 

regulations,  and  guidelines 

for 

managing customer information.

Nomura Securities’ Primary Initiatives
•  Training  for  sales  officers,  internal  controls  officers, 
and employees of internal controls departments, as 
well  as  quality  improvement  training  for  securities 
sales representatives

•   Training for branch managers, general administration 
managers,  new  employees,  newly  appointed 
personnel and others, aimed at increasing knowledge 
and deepening the understanding of compliance

•   Supplementary  compliance  education  and  drills 

during various training sessions and meetings

•  Training for Compliance Officers
•  Monthly  Compliance  Hour  at  branch  offices  and 

departments

Enhancing the Quality of Financial 
Products and Services

and internal rules through compliance training

Fair Business Practices
The  Nomura  Group  strives  to  ensure  fair 

business practices by prohibiting transactions 

with  anti-social  forces,  stipulating  rules  on 

gifts and entertainment of public officials and 

private  sector  groups,  and  ensuring  that  all 

employees fully comply with both. 

Information Security
The  Nomura  Group  Information  Security 

Policy  is  the  basic  document  governing  the 

effective  protection  of  clients’  personal 

information  and  other  information  assets  of 

the Group. 

Customer-related  personal  information 

Nomura Securities seeks to enhance the quality 

is handled under stringent standards set out in 

of  financial  products  and  services  offered  to 

the  Nomura  Group  Privacy  Policy  and  other 

customers  under  the  Guidelines  for  Financial 

information  security-related  rules,  and  in  full 

Instruments Business Supervision. Some of its 

compliance  with  personal  information-related 

initiatives include rigorous screening of account 

laws  and  regulations.  For  more  information, 

openings and securities underwriting practices 

please see:

as well as the provision of accurate and easy-

Nomura Group Privacy Policy

to-understand information.

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/policy/
privacy.html

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Risk Management

Fundamental Approach
The business activities of the Nomura Group 

are exposed to various risks such as market 
risk*1,  credit  risk*2,  operational  risk*3  and 
other  risks  caused  by  external  factors.  We 

of  the  risk  management  framework,  while 

Risk  Management  Departments,  which  are 

independent  from  our  business  lines,  work 

together globally under the leadership of the 

CRO  to  build  group-wide  risk  management 

have  established  a 

risk  management 

frameworks  and  comprehensively  manage 

framework 

to  provide 

comprehensive 

risk  through  the  use  of  stress  testing  and 

controls,  monitoring  and  reporting  of  these 

other methods.  

risks in order to maintain financial soundness 

Nomura’s  Internal  Audit  Department 

and the Company’s corporate values. 

operates 

independently 

from 

other 

departments  in  the  organization  and  strives 

Risk Management Structure
Our 

fundamental  policy  concerning  risk 

toward enhancing the effectiveness of internal 

controls,  including  our  risk  management 

management is to control risks arising in the 

structure,  and 

it  makes  proposals  and 

course of business operations to the confines 

recommendations for operational improvements 

of  the  Company’s  risk  appetite,  which  is 

based  on  audits  and  evaluations  of  the 

clearly established based on risk tolerance in 

effectiveness and validity of risk identification 

line  with  group-wide  business  strategy, 

and risk management practices. 

business targets, management strength and 

Form 20-F

capital  base.  In  accordance  with  this,  the 

Group 
Integrated  Risk  Management 
Committee*4  has  been  delegated  by  the 
Executive  Management  Board  to  deliberate 

and  determine  important  matters  pertaining 

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Social and Environmental Risk 
Management

to integrated risk management. 

We  believe  that  considering  the  social  and 

The  Chief  Risk  Officer 

(CRO) 

is 

environmental risks that may arise from various 

responsible for maintaining the effectiveness 

transactions is key to managing our reputational 

*1   Market risk: Risk of losses 
arising from fluctuations in 
values of financial assets and 
debts (including off-balance 
sheet items) due to 
fluctuations in market risk 
factors (interest rates, foreign 
exchange rates, prices of 
securities and others)
*2   Credit risk: Risk of losses 

arising from the decrease of 
asset values (including 
off-balance sheet items) due 
to deterioration in 
creditworthiness or default of 
an obligor or counterparty 
*3   Operational risk: Risk of losses 
arising from inadequate or 
failed internal processes, 
people and systems or from 
external events 

*4   The Group Integrated Risk 
Management Committee is 
chaired by the Group CEO 
and comprised of the Group 
COO, business division CEOs, 
the Chief Risk Officer, the Chief 
Financial Officer, the Chief 
Legal Officer, the Deputy CRO, 
and other members appointed 
by the chairman.

Risk management structure

Board of Directors

Report

Executive Management Board

Group Integrated Risk Management Committee

Group Internal 
Audit Department

CFO

CRO

Risk Management Departments

Audit

Report

Check

Individual Business Units

•  Market risk 

management

•  Credit risk 

management

•  Operational risk 
management

•  Other

risk.  As  such,  in  executing  our  business 

operations we focus on these risks in the same 

way we are careful about legal compliance. 

For  example,  underwriting 

financing 

deals,  we  review  and  confirm  the  issuer’s 

awareness of any associated potential risks to 

society and the environment and that the issuer 

has  taken  appropriate  steps  to  address  such 

risks,  including  the  disclosure  of  information 

about those risks. Impact on the environment 

Assessment process

Assessment of 
transaction

Decision

•  Regulations
•  Environmental 

and social issues

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and  society,  as  well  as  financial  condition, 

Strengthening Our Response to Disasters

operating  results,  and  other  aspects,  are 

The  Nomura  Group  has  revised  the  risk 

included  in  the  overall  guidelines  applied  by 

scenarios  it  uses  based  on  the  lessons 

relevant  departments  during  the  assessment 

learned 

from 

the  Great  East  Japan 

process as vital items that must be confirmed 

Earthquake  in  order  to  be  fully  prepared  for 

when taking on underwriting deals.

other  natural  disasters,  such  as  a  major 

Crisis Management
The Nomura Group has established the Crisis 

earthquake that may strike directly below the 

Tokyo  area  or  in  the  Nankai  Trough  off  the 

coast of Nagoya. We are also strengthening 

Management Committee, comprised of crisis 

our  organizational  disaster  preparedness 

management officers of each Group company 

measures  on  a  global  basis.  In  FY2012/13, 

worldwide,  to  address  any  crisis  that  may 

we focused efforts on the following initiatives.

occur.  Chaired  by  an  executive  officer 

nominated by the Group CEO, this committee 

has established a system for managing crises 

and ensuring business continuity in the event 

of an emergency. 

This  committee's  secretariat  regularly 

1. Increased supply stockpiles
  •  Increased supplies of food and water at the head 

office and branch offices

  •  Provided  additional  supplies  to  branch  offices 
located in areas likely to be damaged by a tsunami 

2.  Strengthened  collaboration  between  Group 

companies in Japan and overseas 

conducts  employee  safety  verification  drills, 

  •  Bolstered  the  system  to  collect  and  share 

disaster  prevention  drills,  and  business 

continuity drills, in order to be fully prepared 

to check the status of all Nomura employees 

during an emergency. As part of these efforts, 

the  secretariat  is  also  tasked  with  fostering 

greater  awareness  of  crisis  management  as 

well  as  maintaining  and  strengthening  our 

ability to respond to emergencies.  

This  system  and  these  measures  are 

stipulated 

in 

the  Nomura  Group  Crisis 

Management  Policy.  This  policy  covers  a 

wide  range  of  risks  facing  the  Company, 

including  natural  disasters,  fires,  serious 

crimes committed against the Company or its 

information with overseas branch offices

  •  Enhanced  information  sharing  with  domestic 

Group companies

3. Conducted training drills

  •   Conducted  drill  based  on  the  scenario  of  an 

earthquake striking directly beneath Tokyo

  •   Carried out street-wide exercises
  •  Performed drills to verify the safety of employees 

4. Fostered greater awareness of crisis management
  •   Conducted crisis management training

5. Business continuity plan
  •   Analyzed degree of impacts on business operations
  •   Revised  business  continuity  plan  in  conjunction 

with core system renewals

Security Measures for Online Services 

executive  officers  and  employees,  system 

In order to accommodate the diverse needs of 

interruptions, transmittable diseases and the 

its  clients,  the  Nomura  Group  provides  a 

leakage  of  information  assets.  We  have 

wide  range  of  its  services  over  the  Internet. 

delegated  significant  authority 

to  crisis 

These services use the latest, most advanced 

management  officers  to  ensure  they  can 

encryption technologies to ensure that important 

promptly  make  decisions  onsite  should  a 

client 

information 

is  always  safeguarded. 

crisis  occur.  The  above  policy  dictates  that 

Furthermore,  we 

have 

strengthened 

crisis  management  officers  be  able  to  take 

surveillance  of  our  in-house  systems  and 

the  most  appropriate  actions  necessary  to 

implemented  new  security  systems  in  order 

ensure  people’s  safety  and  minimize  the 

to prevent illegal access from external parties 

spread of damage.  

or  information  leakages  caused  by  cyber-

attacks,  which  have  become  increasingly 

threatening in recent years.

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CSR Management

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Fundamental Approach
We recognize that CSR is not only an effective 

that  spans  the  entire  Nomura  Group  to 

support  the  next  generation.  We  engage  in 

risk  management  tool,  but  is  also  a  way  to 

our business and community affairs activities 

identify  opportunities  for  our  business.  We 

in line with this goal.

have  been  taking  steps  to  strategically 

analyze the relationship between the group’s 

business activities and society as well as the 

CSR Activities Promotion Framework
The CSR Committee is the management level 

environment,  and  are 

taking  steps 

to 

decision-making entity for the corporate social 

incorporate  these  into  our  management 

responsibility program. Chaired by the Group 

decision-making,  business  processes  and 

CEO, the committee comprises six executive 

community  affairs  activities.  In  March  2010, 

officers. The Corporate Citizenship Department 

we  formulated  “For  Future  Generations”  as  

serves  as  its  secretariat  and  spearheads 

our key focus area to be shared among all of 

comprehensive CSR activities. The Corporate 

our executive officers and employees.

Citizenship  Department  also  works  closely 

The core role of any financial institution 

with  regional  offices  globally  to  ensure  that 

is to contribute to the sustainable development 

business  divisions  maintain  a  consistent  and 

of  the  economy  and  society  by  promoting 

proactive approach to their community affairs 

sound  capital  markets  through  its  products 

activities in line with their operations as well as 

and  services.  We  established  “For  Future 

the needs of the local community.

Generations,” which represents a commitment 

For Future Generations
To ensure our business goals are aligned with providing positive contributions to our stakeholders 

and the communities where we operate.

We  create  opportunities  for  a  sustainable  future,  making  sure  that  the  decisions  we  make  today 

support the success of future generations.

Citizenship

To build relationships of trust with local communities, society and 
stakeholders as good corporate citizens and to contribute to 
developing a sustainable society for future generations

Business for Sustainability

To provide innovation through our products based on market 
mechanisms to deliver long-term solutions for the changing needs 
of clients and society

Responsible Business

To build value for clients through responsible businesses practices 
which respond to client needs

Communication with Stakeholders
We 
internal 

believe 

and 

external 

communications  are  important  mechanisms 

that  ensure  we  are  addressing 

the 

expectations of our external stakeholders as 

well as incorporating the needs of society in 

our business activities.

We  strive  to  raise  awareness  and 

educate  our  employees  on  corporate  social 

responsibilities 

through  messages 

and 

information  provided  by  senior  management 

through our intranet system. This is based on 

our  belief  that  it  is  essential  for  employees, 

who engage with various stakeholders, to take 

the lead role in implementing CSR activities.

Our  communications  with  external 

stakeholders  take  the  form  of  information 

dissemination via reports and our website. In 

addition, we undertake stakeholder dialogue 

sessions  and  interactive  communication  via 

social  media,  such  as  our  official  Twitter 

account and Facebook pages.

Community affairs activities are considered 

important  platforms  for  encouraging  direct 

interaction between employees and external 

stakeholders,  and 

include 

financial  and 

Organizational structure

CSR Committee

Chairman:
Group CEO

Strategy

 Secretariat
Corporate Citizenship Department

Japan

AEJ

EMEA

Americas

Key issues

Goals

Progress in
fiscal 2012

Responsible Business

Corporate 
Governance

Enhance  medium-  to  long-term  corporate  value  by 
ensuring timely decision-making and strong management 
oversight using a diverse group of directors

pp. 37– 42

Compliance

Identify  and  appropriately  address  compliance  risks 
that are highly relevant to our business

pp. 35– 36, 
43 – 44

Risk 
Management

In  addition  to  market  and  credit  risk  management, 
identify and appropriately address the indirect impact of 
our business on the environment and society

pp. 45– 46

CSR 
Management

Identify  business  opportunities  and  risks  associated 
with social and environmental factors and reflect these 
in business activities and community affairs activities

pp. 47– 48

Client

Win the trust of clients by providing high quality services

pp. 15– 28

economics  education  and  support  for  the 

Business for Sustainability

reconstruction effort following the Great East 

Japan  Earthquake. 

In  addition,  we  are 

involved 

in 

initiatives  as  well  as  multi-

Business 
activities

Proactively  support  businesses  that  contribute  to 
solving  social  and  environmental 
through 
financial mechanisms, thereby generating added value

issues 

pp. 31– 34

stakeholder  frameworks  aimed  at  making 

Citizenship

contributions to society and the environment 

both  in  Japan  and  abroad.  We  also  receive 

valuable  feedback  from  our  stakeholders 

about our community affairs activities, including 

financial and economics education programs 

and regional revitalization initiatives.

Stakeholder Dialogue

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/
dialogue/

Community 
Investment

Promote  community  affairs  activities  that  meet  the 
needs  of  each  community  with  a  focus  on  developing 
the next generation

pp. 49 – 50

Diversity & 
Inclusion

Promote human resources development to train highly 
professional  employees  capable  of  working  on  the 
global stage

pp. 51– 52

Environmental 
Footprint

Identify  the  environmental  impacts  of  our  operations 
and pursue initiatives to reduce such impacts

pp. 53 – 54

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Our Community

Fundamental Approach
Under its goal of “For Future Generations,” the 

and economics is crucial not only for building 

adequate wealth but also for the sound, long-

Nomura Group is contributing to a sustainable 

term  development  of  the  capital  markets. 

tomorrow  by  investments  in  young  people 

Since the 1990s, we have provided financial 

through  its  core  businesses  as  well  as  its 

and  economics  education  for  students  as 

diverse employee-led volunteer activities.

well as adults. 

A core focus for our work is to support 

Our involvement includes the distribution 

educational activities, which vary depending 

of  textbooks,  financial  courses  for  university 

on  the  needs  of  each  region.  Employees 

students worldwide, employee-led programs 

participate in activities such as financial and 

for  elementary  and 

junior  high  school 

economics  education  programs,  basic 

students, and a stock education contest for 

education 

in  developing  countries  and 

junior  and  senior  high  school  and  university 

employment assistance for youth.

students  through  the  Nikkei  Stock  League. 

Initiatives in Japan
Nomura’s 

initiatives 

in  Japan 

All  told,  more  than  580,000  students  have 

taken part in our programs. 

focus  on 

In continuation from the previous year, 

financial and economics education programs 

in  fiscal  2013  we  hosted  a  stakeholder 

and the Pacific Music Festival (PMF) aimed at 

dialogue  session  with  people  from  both 

developing the next generation. As an integral 

inside and outside the Company on the topic 

member of the local community, we are also 

of how best to utilize financial and economics 

committed  to  various  community  activities 

education in school curriculum. 

and  to  assisting  the  reconstruction  effort 

Stakeholder Dialogue

following the Great East Japan Earthquake.

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/dialogue/
sl.html

Financial and Economics Education 
Programs

Restoration Assistance Following 
the Great East Japan Earthquake

Nomura  believes  that  knowledge  of  finance 

We are assisting the people and communities 

affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake 

through a number of initiatives. In addition to 

our  support  through  our  core  businesses 

(see  page  31),  our  employees  have 

volunteered  to  plant  cherry  trees  and  carry 

out a variety of other rebuilding activities. We 

were recognized at the Make a CHANGE Day 

for  our  efforts  to  host  events  aimed  at 

facilitating  people  to  communicate  directly 

with those working in the affected areas.

Breakdown of community contribution 
expenditure

Others
12.6%
Disaster relief 
6.5%
Human 
rights and 
labor
0.2%
Environment
3.4%
Welfare and 
health
5.8%
Community 
contribution 
14.7%

Education
41.2%

Total
¥1.35 billion

Arts, culture
 and sports
6.0%

Science and
 academic achievement
9.5%

Notes:
1) Total expenditure worldwide (Fiscal 2012)
2) Figures includes:

- Approximately ¥220 million from the Nomura Foundation
- Approximately ¥60 million from the Nomura Charitable Trust
- Approximately ¥10 million from the Nomura America Foundation

Employee volunteers planting cherry trees in spring 
2012 (the third time this activity has been organized) 

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Initiatives around the World
The Nomura Group engages in numerous community affairs activities at its offices around the world. As a member of the local 

community, Nomura participates in dialogue with its stakeholders in order to better understand cultural differences and needs, and 

actively gets involved through employee-driven activities intended to educate, help local communities and protect the environment. 

EMEA

Americas

Instinet

In the EMEA region, our community 
contributions  are  focused  towards 
helping disadvantaged young people 
break through the limitations of their 
environment 
their 
and 
aspirations to reach new goals. Our 
activities to support these young people 
are based on collaborative efforts with 
NPOs and other local organizations.

raising 

Our program encourages employees to 
become involved with monthly initiatives 
focused  on  the  local  community.  Our 
educational  partnership  with  Everybody 
WINS  provides  mentoring  and  literacy 
support 
local  children,  allowing 
Nomura  to  focus  its  efforts  on  future 
generations.

for 

A large number of Instinet employees participate 
in  local  initiatives,  centered  on  efforts  to  assist 
young  people.  Examples  include  a  partnership 
with the Make-a-Wish Foundation to assist sick 
children,  work  with  Operation  Backpack  to 
provide  disadvantaged  youngsters  with  school 
supplies, and our high school mentoring efforts 
with Elevate New York.

End  of  the  school  year  celebrations  with 
our  partner  primary  school,  Southwark 
Park

Children’s holiday party held in our office

The  Elevate  students  (and  the  CEO  of 
Elevate New York, Kevin Singleton, in the 
middle) on Instinet's trading floor

Powai, India

employees 

Nomura’s  Powai  CSR  program 
encourages 
to 
become  involved  with  initiatives 
focused  on  giving  back  to  our 
community. Our partnership with 
NGOs  helps  support 
literacy 
programs, environmental activities 
and  health  initiatives  for  the 
lesser privileged.

Children  and  a  team  of  employees 
volunteering  at  one  of  our  partners 
Mumbai  Mobile  Crèches'  Day  Care 
Center

AEJ

NomuraCARES (Nomura Community 
Affairs Raising Funds and Employee 
Services)  is  an  AEJ  network  started 
by  employees  based  on  a  desire  to 
give  back  to  communities  in  Asia 
through philanthropic initiatives focused 
primarily on causes that help children, 
the elderly and the environment.

Learn more about our relationship with local communities on our corporate website: 

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/citizenship/

Over 200 Nomura employees spent a 
day 
for  the  Hong  Kong  Cleanup 
Challenge

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Our People

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Personnel Development
Today, 

the  Nomura  Group’s  workforce 

Diversity and Inclusion at Nomura
The Nomura Group is committed to fostering 

includes  employees  representing  more  than 

a corporate culture that respects its people’s 

70 different nationalities. This diverse pool of 

values  regardless  of  background,  such  as 

personnel  is  our  most  important  asset,  and 

gender, nationality, age or sexual orientation.  

as  such,  we  are  committed  to  providing 

education and training programs that will help 

Employee Networks

enhance  each  employee’s  competitiveness 

Nomura  engages 

in  activities 

through 

and build teamwork.  

networks run independently by its employees. 

The Retail Division has been encouraging 

A  total  of  three  networks,  one  focused  on 

the personal growth of its employees through 

women  in  the  workplace,  one  on  life  and 

educational 

programs 

that 

develop 

family,  and  one  on  generational  and  cultural 

capabilities for independently thinking, acting 

differences,  disseminate  information  as  well 

and delivering results. Group training for the 

as  plan  and 

implement  events.  These 

first  three  years  of  employment  and  training 

networks also proactively host events jointly 

at given milestones (new hire, appointment or 

with other companies.

promotion)  provide  the  specific  knowledge 

and  skills  required  while  also  reinforcing 

personal 

qualities 

and 

strengthening 

compliance awareness.

The  Wholesale  Division  offers  practical 

training  to  build  upon  the  core  skills  of 

employees  and  raise  the  performance  of  the 

entire  organization,  based  on  its  own  set  of 

needs. Specifically, this includes a program for 

improving  presentation  skills,  a  program  on 

communication and coaching to get the most 

out of an organization, and leadership training. 

Photo  taken  at  the  five-company  cross-industrial  women’s  forum 
hosted by Women In Nomura (WIN)

Furthermore,  we  have  company-wide 

External Networks

programs to support employees in obtaining 

The promotion of diversity is shifting from the 

licensing or other certifications as well as to 

phase in which companies make efforts and 

develop  their  own  career  path.  We  are  also 

innovate on a standalone basis to the phase 

helping to build internal networks by enabling 

where  networks  are  created 

to  share 

employees 

from  different  divisions  and 

information and best practices. The Nomura 

geographic regions to take part in the same 

Group has established a network with more 

training programs.

than  30  companies  from  varying  industries 

and  segments, 

through  which 

it  hosts 

bimonthly round table meetings to exchange 

information on issues related to diversity. 

Employee-Friendly Work 
Environments

Respecting Human Rights
We have established various mechanisms to 

We  support  working  conditions  that  allow 

prevent  discrimination  and  harassment,  in 

each  employee  to  fully  concentrate  on  their 

accordance with the Nomura Group Code of 

work in a healthy condition, with both good 

Ethics.  Specifically,  we  set  up  the  Nomura 

physical and mental health. We have shifted 

Group  Human  Rights  Committee  to  debate 

our  emphasis 

to  early  discovery  and 

and determine human rights initiatives as well 

intervention.  Our 

industrial  physicians 

as  to  share  information  across  the  Group 

periodically  visit  our  worksites  for  health 

from its secretariat.

monitoring 

and 

conduct 

face-to-face 

In addition, we continue to hold human 

interviews  with 

supervising  managers. 

rights training for all Nomura people in order 

Improvement measures are being introduced 

to  raise  greater  awareness  about  human 

to  departments  with  a  history  of  employees 

rights issues.  

working  long  hours,  and  mandatory  health 

All  types  of  consultation  contacts  are 

examinations  are  provided  for  employees 

available  both  within  and  outside 

the 

who work extended hours.

company  through  our  Sexual  Harassment/

Power  Harassment  Hotline  to  help  prevent 

Mental Healthcare

harassment in the workplace.

To  safeguard  the  mental  health  of  our 

employees,  we 

provide 

access 

to 

psychiatrists  and  an  employee  counseling 

Making Efforts to Resolve Human Rights 
Issues through Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue

room staffed by a dedicated professional. We 

As  part  of  our  human  rights  initiatives,  we 

also  offer  consultation  services  provided  by 

participate in the Human Rights Due Diligence 

medical  staff  at  our  Health  Management 

Workshop, which approaches issues through 

Center.  Furthermore,  we  are  committed  to 

dialogue with a wide range of stakeholders. 

helping  employees  who  have  overcome 

In 2012, more than 40 companies and more 

mental illnesses return to the workplace.

than 10 human rights NGOs gathered to hold 

Initiatives in Fiscal 2012

We developed tools to help employees manage their 
own mental healthcare needs.
(1)   We  published  basic  information  on  mental  health 

on our in-house website

(2)   We streamed a program on how to deal with stress 

on our in-house website

(3)   We began conducting stress checks that include a 
physician interview on employees working especially 
long hours in order to objectively determine the level 
of stress these employees are under

discussions  on  human  rights  issues  that 

should  be 

identified  and  addressed  by 

companies. Discussions concerning how we 

can review, recognize the importance of, and 

address  our  own  human  rights  issues  took 

place.  Going  forward,  we  will  continue  to 

tackle  human  rights  issues  through  our 

involvement in this workshop.   

Learn more about our relationship with employees on our corporate website: 

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/citizenship/

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Our Environment

Environmental Management
Section  10  of  our  Code  of  Ethics  states, 

Environmental Targets
We set environmental goals for each year and 

“Nomura Group is committed to acting in an 

closely  manage 

the  progress  of  our 

environmentally 

responsible  manner  and 

environmental 

preservation 

activities. 

should  therefore  approach  environmental 

Environmental goals are set for each region, 

issues positively.” Based on this commitment, 

and  the  Environmental  Activities  Working 

in  2009  we  created  both  our  Environmental 

Group checks to see if these targets are met. 

Statement and Environmental Policy, and are 

Moreover, the Head of Environmental Affairs 

proactively  working 

to 

reduce 

our 

reviews  activities  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal 

environmental impacts.

year  to  assess  the  relative  achievement  of 

In  Japan,  we  have  established  an 

environmental  goals  and  ensure  continuous 

environmental  management  system  (EMS) 

improvements are being made.

and 

are 

implementing 

comprehensive 

To  ensure  the  effectiveness  of  the 

environmental  preservation  activities  based 

group  environmental  management  system, 

on  a  correct  awareness  of  environmental 

we  conduct  an  environmental 

training 

risks and issues. Our offices around the world 

program for all Nomura Group employees, in 

are  also 

implementing  environmentally 

which  91.4%  of  employees  participated  in 

friendly initiatives, which include our London 

Japan  in  fiscal  2012,  and  an  environmental 

headquarters  building  obtaining  ISO  14001 

efforts status review, which garnered a 81.4% 

certification 

in  2007 

following  an  audit 

response  rate  in  Japan  in  fiscal  2012. 

performed by a local accreditation body.  

Furthermore, we stream information over our 

intranet  system  and  host  events  to  raise 

environmental awareness. 

Fiscal 2012 environmental objectives and progress, fiscal 2013 targets (Japan)

Fiscal 2012 targets

Assessment

Fiscal 2013 targets

Lower  CO2  emissions  at  Nihonbashi  head 
office to 25% below fiscal 2002 level

Reduced 36.8%

Reduction of 
greenhouse gas 
emissions

Fuel-efficient, low-pollution vehicles to account 
for 80% of fleet

82.0% of vehicles replaced

Reduce  CO2  emissions  per  square  meter  of 
floor  area  at  Nomura  Group  offices  in  Japan 
by 15% of fiscal 2009 levels 

Have  fuel-efficient,  low-pollution  vehicles  to 
account for 90% of fleet

Raise waste recycling rate at Nihonbashi head 
office and Nagoya branch office to 87%

Nihonbashi 89.2%
Nagoya 88.0%

Raise waste recycling rate at Nihonbashi head 
office to 90% and Nagoya Branch to 88%

Promotion of 
green purchasing

Green products to account for 75% of supplies 
request system items

Green products accounted 
for 75.7% of purchases

Have  green  products  account  for  75%  of 
supplies request system items

Reduce  use  of  paper  per  person  bought 
through  supplies  request  system  to  25% 
below fiscal 2006 level

Reduced 44.8%

Reduce  use  of  paper  per  person  bought 
through supplies request system to 30% below 
fiscal 2006 level

Reduction of 
paper usage

Increase  number  of  accounts  that  agree  to 
accept documents electronically by promoting 
electronic receipt of prospectuses 

1.26 million accounts

Promote electronic receipt of documents

Reduce  use  of  paper  for  internal  forms  by 
promoting electronic documentation

196 types of forms digitized on the 
application and approval system
(Savings of 110,000 sheets of paper)

Reduce  use  of  paper  for  internal  forms  by 
promoting  electronic  documentation  of 
confirmation forms

Increase  the  number  financial  products  and 
services that help resolve social issues

Expand lineup, including ADB bonds 
and JICA bonds

Increase the number of financial products and 
services that help resolve social issues

Promulgation of 
environmental 
business

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Efforts to Address Climate Change
The  Nomura  Group  addresses  climate 

usage we continue to digitize prospectuses, 

reports, forms, and other documents. 

change from the standpoint of both risk and 

In  August  2012,  we  issued  tablet 

opportunity and recognizes it as an important 

devices 

featuring  digitized  sales  and 

issue to tackle. As a multinational corporation 

marketing  tools  to  all  of  our  sales  staff  in 

with offices around the world, we are making 

order to enhance the quality of our services 

every  effort  to  help  resolve  climate  change 

and further reduce paper usage at the same 

issues through our business (see pages 31 to 

time.  In  January  2013,  we  expanded  the 

34) and to reduce the environmental impacts 

range  of  documents  for  which  electronic 

from our own business activities. 

distribution will apply for our Nomura  Home 

We  collect  and  disclose  group-wide 

Trade service.

environmental  information  and  since  fiscal 

At our offices, we are working to raise 

2011  we  have 

introduced 

third-party 

employee awareness of the amount of paper 

assurance verifications to ensure the reliability 

they use as part of our campaign to reduce 

of  this  information.  In  each  region,  we  are 

paper  consumption.  Some  of  our  back 

addressing  the  issue  of  climate  change 

offices have even become paperless without 

through  our  continued  efforts  to  reduce 

a  single  printer  on  the  floor.  Going  forward, 

power  consumption  at  offices  and  reduce 

we  will  continue 

to  reduce  our  paper 

CO2 emissions from employee travel.

consumption  and  strive  to  raise  awareness 

Our  purchases  of  green  power 

about paper usage across the entire Group. 

certificates, which we began domestically in 

fiscal  2006,  have  reached  a  total  of  41.36 

million  kWh, 

including  5.4  million  kWh 

purchased  in  fiscal  2012.  These  certificates 

are allocated to seminar events as well as our 

Nihonbashi  head  office  and  Takanawa 

Training  Center.  Moreover,  our  offices  in 

Switzerland  and  Germany  have  actively 

switched over to renewable energy sources, 

such as hydroelectricity.

Going Paperless and Promoting 
Recycling

We are making efforts to more effectively use 

limited  natural  resources  and  reduce  our 

environmental 

impacts 

to  assist 

in 

the 

creation  of  a  recycling-oriented  society.  As 

part  of  our  commitment  to  reducing  paper 

TOPICS

Nomura Selected for Inclusion in the Carbon Disclosure 
Leadership Index by the CDP

In  November  2012,  Nomura  Holdings  became  the  only  company  from 
Japan’s financial sector to be selected for inclusion in the Japan 500* Carbon 
Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). This was based on a survey conducted 
by the CDP about climate change strategy and greenhouse gas reduction 
efforts that showed Nomura Holdings to be a leader in information disclosure. 
Nomura  Group  has  implemented  a  system  to  reflect  its  corporate  social 
responsibilities in its decision making, business processes and community 
affairs activities, based on a strategic recognition of the relationship between 
its business activities and society and the environment. Under this system, 
we have been disclosing information to the CDP since 2003. Going forward, 
we  will  continue  with  our  environmental 
management  practices,  work  together  globally, 
and proactively disclose information.  
* 500 major Japanese companies surveyed by the CDP

Learn more about our environmental initiatives on our corporate website: 

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/citizenship/

Nomura Report 2013 54

Data Section

Five-Year Financial Summary (US GAAP)

For the fiscal years beginning April 1 and ending March 31 of the following year
Note: This financial summary is prepared solely for convenience. Readers are recommended to refer to the Form 20-F.

Operating Results:

Revenue:

Commissions

Fees from investment banking

Asset management and portfolio service fees

Net gain (loss) on trading

Gain (loss) on private equity investments

Interest and dividends

Gain (loss) on investments in equity securities

Other

Total revenue

Interest expense

Net revenue

Non-interest expenses:

Compensation and benefits

Commissions and floor brokerage

Information processing and communications

Occupancy and related depreciation

Business development expenses

Other

Total non-interest expenses

Income (loss) before income taxes

Income tax expense (benefit)

Net income (loss)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

Net income (loss) attributable to NHI shareholders

Balance Sheets (Period End):

Cash and cash deposits

Loans and receivables

Collateralized agreements

Trading assets and private equity investments

Other assets

Total assets

Short-term borrowings

Payables and deposits

Collateralized financing

Trading liabilities

Other liabilities

Long-term borrowings

Total liabilities

Total NHI shareholders’ equity

Noncontrolling interests

Total equity

Total liabilities and equity

Cash Flows:

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

55

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FY2008/09

FY2009/10

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

¥ 

 306,803 

¥ 

395,083 

¥ 

405,463 

¥ 

347,135 

¥ 

359,069 

54,953 

140,166 

(128,339)

(54,791)

331,356 

(25,500)

39,863 

664,511 

351,884 

312,627 

491,555 

73,681 

154,980 

78,480 

31,638 

262,558 

1,092,892 

(780,265)

(70,854)

(709,411)

(1,219)

¥ 

 (708,192)

¥  1,422,709 

1,643,007 

8,412,618 

11,672,612 

1,686,902 

¥  24,837,848 

¥  1,183,374 

1,242,318 

10,157,954 

4,752,054 

467,574 

5,483,028 

23,286,302 

1,539,396 

12,150 

1,551,546 

¥  24,837,848 

¥ 

 (712,629) 

(98,905)

999,760 

(81,896)

¥ 

 106,330

¥ 

67,798 

¥ 

28,661 

¥ 

¥ 

107,234 

121,254 

132,249 

417,424 

11,906 

235,310 

6,042 

37,483 

1,356,751 

205,929 

1,150,822 

526,238 

86,129

175,575 

87,806 

27,333 

142,494 

1,045,575 

105,247 

37,161 

68,086 

288 

¥  1,352,244

2,071,714

12,467,213

14,700,282

1,638,975

¥  32,230,428

¥  1,301,664

1,528,419

11,216,481

8,356,806

494,983

7,199,061

30,097,414

2,126,929

6,085 

2,133,014 

¥  (1,500,770) 

(269,643)

2,176,530 

964 

¥ 

 407,081

107,005 

143,939 

336,503 

19,292 

346,103 

(16,677)

43,864 

1,385,492 

254,794 

1,130,698 

518,993 

92,088 

182,918 

87,843 

30,153 

125,448 

1,037,443 

93,255 

61,330 

31,925 

3,264 

¥  2,150,453

2,227,822

15,156,318

15,241,931

1,916,466

¥  36,692,990

¥  1,167,077

2,103,608

13,686,438

8,688,998

552,316

8,402,917

34,601,354

2,082,754

8,882 

2,091,636 

¥ 

 (235,090) 

(423,214)

1,284,243 

(26,246)

¥ 

 599,693

59,638 

144,251 

272,557 

25,098 

435,890 

4,005 

563,186 

1,851,760 

315,901 

1,535,859 

534,648 

93,500 

177,148 

100,891 

48,488 

496,227 

1,450,902 

84,957 

58,903 

26,054 

14,471 

11,583 

¥  1,953,677

2,211,423

13,742,646

14,123,594

3,665,972

¥  35,697,312

¥  1,185,613

2,437,370

12,519,274

7,495,177

1,165,901

8,504,840

33,308,175

2,107,241

281,896 

2,389,137 

9,942 

(844,311)

(6,314)

¥  32,230,428

¥  36,692,990

¥  35,697,312

¥  37,942,439

¥ 

 290,863

¥ 

549,501 

¥ 

 (549,820)

¥ 

(265,433)

Millions of yen

FY2012/13

62,353 

141,029 

367,979 

8,053 

394,007 

38,686 

708,767 

2,079,943 

266,312 

1,813,631 

547,591 

91,388 

179,904 

91,545 

49,010 

616,463 

1,575,901 

237,730 

132,039 

105,691 

(1,543)

¥  1,652,752

2,629,875

14,115,257

17,124,349

2,420,206

¥  37,942,439

¥ 

738,445

2,413,801

15,409,383

8,491,296

978,163

7,592,368

35,623,456

2,294,371

24,612 

2,318,983 

(160,486)

(701,623)

47,175 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating Results:

Revenue:

Commissions

Fees from investment banking

Asset management and portfolio service fees

Net gain (loss) on trading

Gain (loss) on private equity investments

Interest and dividends

Gain (loss) on investments in equity securities

Other

Total revenue

Interest expense

Net revenue

Non-interest expenses:

Compensation and benefits

Commissions and floor brokerage

Information processing and communications

Occupancy and related depreciation

Business development expenses

Other

Total non-interest expenses

Income (loss) before income taxes

Income tax expense (benefit)

Net income (loss)

Trading assets and private equity investments

Balance Sheets (Period End):

Cash and cash deposits

Loans and receivables

Collateralized agreements

Other assets

Total assets

Short-term borrowings

Payables and deposits

Collateralized financing

Trading liabilities

Other liabilities

Long-term borrowings

Total liabilities

Total NHI shareholders’ equity

Noncontrolling interests

Total equity

Cash Flows:

Total liabilities and equity

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

Net income (loss) attributable to NHI shareholders

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

FY2008/09

FY2009/10

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

Millions of yen

FY2012/13

¥ 

 306,803 

¥ 

395,083 

¥ 

405,463 

¥ 

347,135 

¥ 

359,069 

54,953 

140,166 

(128,339)

(54,791)

331,356 

(25,500)

39,863 

664,511 

351,884 

312,627 

491,555 

73,681 

154,980 

78,480 

31,638 

262,558 

1,092,892 

(780,265)

(70,854)

(709,411)

(1,219)

¥ 

 (708,192)

¥  1,422,709 

1,643,007 

8,412,618 

11,672,612 

1,686,902 

¥  24,837,848 

¥  1,183,374 

1,242,318 

10,157,954 

4,752,054 

467,574 

5,483,028 

23,286,302 

1,539,396 

12,150 

1,551,546 

¥  24,837,848 

¥ 

 (712,629) 

(98,905)

999,760 

(81,896)

¥ 

 106,330

121,254 

132,249 

417,424 

11,906 

235,310 

6,042 

37,483 

1,356,751 

205,929 

1,150,822 

526,238 

86,129

175,575 

87,806 

27,333 

142,494 

1,045,575 

105,247 

37,161 

68,086 

288 

107,005 

143,939 

336,503 

19,292 

346,103 

(16,677)

43,864 

1,385,492 

254,794 

1,130,698 

518,993 

92,088 

182,918 

87,843 

30,153 

125,448 

1,037,443 

93,255 

61,330 

31,925 

3,264 

¥ 

67,798 

¥ 

28,661 

¥ 

59,638 

144,251 

272,557 

25,098 

435,890 

4,005 

563,186 

1,851,760 

315,901 

1,535,859 

534,648 

93,500 

177,148 

100,891 

48,488 

496,227 

1,450,902 

84,957 

58,903 

26,054 

14,471 

11,583 

¥  1,352,244

2,071,714

12,467,213

14,700,282

1,638,975

¥  32,230,428

¥  1,301,664

1,528,419

11,216,481

8,356,806

494,983

7,199,061

30,097,414

2,126,929

6,085 

2,133,014 

¥  2,150,453

2,227,822

15,156,318

15,241,931

1,916,466

¥  36,692,990

¥  1,167,077

2,103,608

13,686,438

8,688,998

552,316

8,402,917

34,601,354

2,082,754

8,882 

2,091,636 

¥  1,953,677

2,211,423

13,742,646

14,123,594

3,665,972

¥  35,697,312

¥  1,185,613

2,437,370

12,519,274

7,495,177

1,165,901

8,504,840

33,308,175

2,107,241

281,896 

2,389,137 

62,353 

141,029 

367,979 

8,053 

394,007 

38,686 

708,767 

2,079,943 

266,312 

1,813,631 

547,591 

91,388 

179,904 

91,545 

49,010 

616,463 

1,575,901 

237,730 

132,039 

105,691 

(1,543)

¥ 

107,234 

¥  1,652,752

2,629,875

14,115,257

17,124,349

2,420,206

¥  37,942,439

¥ 

738,445

2,413,801

15,409,383

8,491,296

978,163

7,592,368

35,623,456

2,294,371

24,612 

2,318,983 

¥  32,230,428

¥  36,692,990

¥  35,697,312

¥  37,942,439

¥  (1,500,770) 

(269,643)

2,176,530 

964 

¥ 

 407,081

¥ 

 (235,090) 

(423,214)

1,284,243 

(26,246)

¥ 

 599,693

¥ 

 290,863

¥ 

549,501 

9,942 

(844,311)

(6,314)

(160,486)

(701,623)

47,175 

¥ 

 (549,820)

¥ 

(265,433)

Nomura Report 2013 56

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Data Section

CSR Key Facts

Corporate Governance

Members of the board

Board of directors

Outside directors

Non-Japanese directors

Female directors

Unit

June 30, 2011

June 30, 2012

June 30, 2013

No. of people

Ratio (%)
No. of people
Ratio (%)
No. of people
Ratio (%)
No. of people
Ratio (%)

14

-
8
57
4
29
1
7

11

-
7
64
3
27
1
9

11

-
6
54
3
27
1
9

Unit

April 1, 2011

April 1, 2012

 April 1, 2013

Officers (Executive Officers and Senior Managing Directors)

Men
Women
Ratio of women

No. of people
No. of people
%

30
1
3.2

41
2
4.6

23
2
8

Board of directors meetings

No. of times held
Average attendance rate

Client Focused

Unit

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

No. of times
%

10
96

10
95

11
97

Unit

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

Caseload at Customer Help Desk Department (Retail Division)

Total

Complaints
Inquiries
Opinions and requests
Other

No. of cases
No. of cases
No. of cases
No. of cases
No. of cases

Universally accessible branch offices (Retail Division)

Certified universally accessible
With toilets for the physically challenged
With elevators for the physically challenged
With steps removed from entrances and exits 
(with ramps, elevators or no steps)
With installations to mitigate entrance and exit 
steps (railings or step heights reduced)

No. of branch offices
No. of branch offices
No. of branch offices

No. of branch offices

No. of branch offices

5,189
2,359
2,408
256
166

30
78
53

136

15

5,005
3,012
1,836
13
144

30
80
54

140

14

5,693
3,409
2,119
23
142

30
81
57

139

13

Results for survey of customer satisfaction with branch office service (Retail Division)

Unit

June 1, 2012

September 1, 2012

Extremely satisfied/satisfied
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
Extremely dissatisfied/dissatisfied

Note: These surveys were conducted at 126 branch offices. 

%
%
%

76.6 
20.0 
3.4 

77.0 
19.1 
3.9 

57

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Unit

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

Our Community

Community contribution expenditures

Total

Education

Arts, culture and sports

Science and academic achievement

Community contribution

Welfare and health

Environment

Human rights and labor

Disaster relief

Other

Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)
Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)
Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)
Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)
Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)
Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)
Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)
Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)
Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)
Amount (Millions of yen)
Ratio (%)

Number of community development projects implemented

Total

Japan
EMEA
Americas
AEJ

No. of projects
No. of projects
No. of projects
No. of projects
No. of projects

Assistance provided to groups that contribute to society

No. of groups assisted

No. of groups

1,400
-
623 
44.5 
71 
5.0 
162 
11.6 
138 
9.8 
55 
3.9 
25 
1.8 
27 
1.9 
121 
8.6 
182 
13.0 

173
40
83
31
19

200

1,235
-
582 
47.1 
106 
8.6 
83 
6.7 
200 
16.1 
49 
3.9 
43 
3.4 
3 
0.2 
71 
5.7 
103 
8.3 

370
27
196
107
40

243

1,348
-
556 
41.2 
81 
6.0 
129 
9.5 
199 
14.7 
79 
5.8 
47 
3.4 
4 
0.2 
88 
6.5 
171 
12.6 

423
24
195
151
53

274

Unit

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

Cumulative total

Participants and materials in financial and economics education

Teaching material for elementary 
schools (The Economics 
Classroom)

Teaching material for junior high 
schools (The t-shirt shop)

Visiting classes (elementary, junior, 
senior high schools, teachers)

Nikkei Stock League

Since 2008

Since 2006

Since 2008

Since 2000

Finance courses for universities

Since 2001

Financial courses for the general 
public

Since 2003

No. of schools

No. of copies

No. of schools

No. of copies

No. of classes

No. of participants
No. of teams
No. of members
No. of schools
No. of participants
No. of courses
No. of participants

120

5,000

180
17,200
22
1,087
1,420
5,741
115
12,000
536
27,839

396

17,422

387
17,326
31
1,865
1,287
5,120
114
11,000
444
21,696

2,716

222,422

4,267
414,526
106
6,172
20,226
80,613
1,328
184,000
6,037
317,157

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Unit

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

Data Section

CSR Key Facts

Our People

Education and training expenses

Total

Japan
EMEA
Americas
AEJ

Millions of yen
Millions of yen
Millions of yen
Millions of yen
Millions of yen

Participation in education and training (in-house training)

Total

Japan

EMEA

Americas

AEJ

Number of employees

Total

Japan

EMEA

Americas

AEJ

Aggregate no. of hours
Aggregate no. of participants
Aggregate no. of hours
Aggregate no. of participants
Aggregate no. of hours
Aggregate no. of participants
Aggregate no. of hours
Aggregate no. of participants
Aggregate no. of hours
Aggregate no. of participants

No. of employees
Ratio of male employees (%)
Ratio of female employees (%)
No. of employees
Ratio of male employees (%)
Ratio of female employees (%)
No. of employees
Ratio of male employees (%)
Ratio of female employees (%)
No. of employees
Ratio of male employees (%)
Ratio of female employees (%)
No. of employees
Ratio of male employees (%)
Ratio of female employees (%)

Ratio of employees by region

Total

Japan
EMEA
Americas
AEJ

%
%
%
%
%

2,455
1,573
489
257
136

272,528
13,146
207,458
8,255
3,790
407
-
-
61,280
4,484

26,871
62
38
14,918
56
44
4,353
70
30
2,348
74
26
5,252
68
32

100
55
16
9
20

2,033
1,468
133
280
153

225,184
21,928
169,385
11,965
2,766
977
7,390
1,182
45,643
7,804

27,168
62
38
15,145
56
44
4,014
70
30
2,420
74
26
5,589
66
34

100
56
15
9
20

2,441
1,907
108
233
193

254,117
22,048
208,087
12,081
1,732
647
7,204
1,794
37,094
7,526

26,242
62
38
15,004
57
43
3,618
70
30
2,271
74
26
5,349
65
35

100
57
14
9
20

Composition by employment contract (Japan)

Full-time regular employment
Part-time regular employment

No. of employees
No. of employees

14,918
788

15,145
766

15,004
606

59

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Unit

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

Number of new hires

Total

Japan
EMEA
Americas
AEJ

Composition of managers

Total

Japan (Nomura Holdings, Nomura 
Securities)

EMEA

Americas

AEJ

No. of employees
No. of employees
No. of employees
No. of employees
No. of employees

Men
Women
Ratio of women (%) 
Men
Women
Ratio of women (%) 
Men
Women
Ratio of women (%) 
Men
Women
Ratio of women (%) 
Men
Women
Ratio of women (%) 

Use of childcare and family nursing care support plans (Nomura Securities)

Pre- and post-natal leave
Childcare leave
Leave to care for sick or injured children
Childcare time
Assistance with daycare expenses
Family nursing care leave
Reduced working hour plan for family 
nursing care
Paid leave for family nursing care

No. of employees
No. of employees
No. of employees
No. of employees
No. of employees
No. of employees

No. of employees

No. of employees

Post-childcare leave reinstatement and retention rates (Nomura Securities)

Reinstatement rate

Retention rate

Men (%)
Women (%)
Men (%)
Women (%)

Human rights training (Nomura Securities)

3,634
990
754
638
1,252

6,643
898
12
3,474
173
5
1,553
317
17
786 
159
17
830
249
23

233
338
435
104
332
13

0

30

100
96
100
95

3,280
989
663
478
1,150

7,299
1,064 
13
3,623
205
5
1,693
325
16
1,060 
243
19
923
291
24

237
367
478
148
365
6

0

33

100
99
100
98

2,465
938
307
361
859

7,024
1,055 
13
3,549
219
6
1,557
315
17
1,016 
234
19
902
287
24

249
392
529
175
390
11

2

43

100
98
50
98

Sessions
Participants

No. of sessions
No. of participants

32
13,827

20
9,823

16
14,129

Status of other personnel and labor-related issues

Employee turnover rate (Japan)
Number of seniors (aged 60 years and 
over) rehired (Japan)
Percentage of employees with disabilities 
(Nomura Securities)
Average number of annual paid leave 
days used (Nomura Securities)
Percentage of employees with labor union 
memberships (Nomura Securities)
Average annual salary (Nomura Securities)

%

No. of employees

%

days

%

5 

713

1.86 

9.7

53.8 

6 

763

2.00 

9.9

52.8 

Thousands of yen

10,869

10,660

7

727

2.02

10.0 

53.0 

9,990

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Data Section

CSR Key Facts

Our Environment

Environmental performance

Unit

FY2010/11

FY2011/12

FY2012/13

CO2 emissions*1

CO2 emissions per 
employee

Electricity 
consumption*2

Fuel consumption*2

Purchased amount 
of Green Power*3

CO2 emissions 
from employee 
travel*4

Water 
consumption*5

Copy paper 
consumption*6

Amount of waste 
generated*7

Nomura Group companies in Japan
Main EMEA offices
Main AEJ offices
Main American offices
Nomura Group companies in Japan
Main EMEA offices
Main AEJ offices
Main American offices
Nomura Group companies in Japan
Main EMEA offices
Main AEJ offices
Main American offices
Nomura Group companies in Japan
Main EMEA offices
Main AEJ offices
Main American offices

Nomura Group companies in Japan
Nomura Group companies in EMEA
Nomura Group companies in AEJ
Nomura Group companies in 
Americas
Nomura Group companies in Japan
Main EMEA offices
Main AEJ offices
Main American offices
Nomura Group companies in Japan
Main EMEA offices
Main AEJ offices
Nomura Group companies in Japan
Main EMEA offices
Main AEJ offices

tons-CO2
tons-CO2
tons-CO2
tons-CO2
tons-CO2/FTE
tons-CO2/FTE
tons-CO2/FTE
tons-CO2/FTE
MWh
MWh
MWh
MWh
MWh
MWh
MWh
MWh

MWh

tons-CO2
tons-CO2
tons-CO2

tons-CO2

thousand m3
thousand m3
thousand m3
thousand m3
ton
ton
ton
ton
ton
ton

44,626
23,664
16,917
-
3.0 
6.4 
1.8 
-
89,674
47,830
17,813
-
14,275
6,783
406
-

5,900

12,407
-
2,595

-

204
101
36
-
726
-
-
1,078 
-
372 

36,588
22,927
23,899
15,018
2.4 
6.9 
4.9 
6.2 
74,648
50,091
27,474
23,197
12,664
6,981
272
0

7,424

18,505
9,446
11,883

6,060

188
136
33
4
701
90 
134 
945 
-
278 

41,215
18,159
23,966
14,720
2.7 
6.2 
5.3 
6.5 
74,249 
38,679 
28,012 
22,665 
11,948 
7,025 
800 
0

6,329

17,919
9,728 
11,057

5,124

178 
124 
159 
4 
654
78
92 
884 
 722 
297 

*1  Totals for our main AEJ offices only included the India office in fiscal 2010.
  Data for fiscal 2011 was revised by expanding the scope of aggregation (the same applies to electricity and fuel consumption). Data for our main EMEA offices was revised as follows.

(1) The data for fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 was revised by changing the CO2 emissions factor applied to the London office. 
(2) The data for fiscal 2010 was revised by refining the scope of inclusion. 

  Calculation of CO2 emissions is based on electricity, fuel and heat consumption. See http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/data for details about the emissions factors applied.
*2   Totals for our main AEJ offices only included the India office in fiscal 2010.
*3   In fiscal 2010, data applied only to the Nomura Group companies in Japan. From fiscal 2011, however, in addition to the Nomura Group companies in Japan, the Frankfurt and Zurich 

offices from our main EMEA offices are included in the totals.

*4   Data compiled on domestic and international flights and long-distance railway transportation tickets purchased through designated firms. Totals for the Nomura Group companies in AEJ 
only included the India office in fiscal 2010. Data for regular automobile usage by the Nomura Group companies in Japan, the Nomura Group companies in EMEA and by our India office 
out of the Nomura Group companies in AEJ is also included in the tally. Fiscal 2011 data for the Nomura Group companies in Japan was revised by refining the method of aggregation. 
See http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/data for details about the emissions factors applied. 

*5   Totals for our main EMEA offices only included the London office in fiscal 2010. Totals for our main AEJ offices only applied to the India office in fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011. 
*6   Totals for the Nomura Group in Japan include items purchased through designated firms by Nomura Securities. Totals for our main EMEA offices include the London office, and totals for 

our main AEJ offices include the India office.

*7   Of the Nomura Group companies in Japan, totals include Nomura Securities Nihonbashi Head Office building, the Dai-ni Edobashi Building, the Osaka Branch, and the Nagoya Branch. 
Of our main EMEA offices, totals include the London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Zurich offices. Of our main AEJ offices, totals include the India office. Fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 data for the 
Nomura Group companies in Japan was revised by expanding the scope of aggregation.

Of our main AEJ offices, the fiscal 2012 data for our Hong Kong and Singapore offices is as follows.                                
- CO2 emissions: 6,175 tons-CO2
- CO2 emissions per employee: 4.7 tons-CO2                         
- Electricity consumption: 9.420MWh
- Fuel consumption: 0MWh
- CO2 emissions from employee travel: 6,077 tons-CO2              
- Water consumption: 493m3

Our main EMEA offices are located in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich, Madrid , and Milan . 
Our main AEJ offices are located in Hong Kong, Singapore, India, and Dalian  in China. 
Our main American offices are located in New York and include INSTINET  offices.

 Offices to which the scope of aggregation was expanded.

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Data Section

Global	Network

Major 
Subsidiaries 
and Affiliates Europe

Retail

Asia-Pacific

Japan

Americas

•	 	Nomura	Securities	Co.,	Ltd.
•	 	Nomura	Healthcare	Co.,	Ltd.
•	 	Nomura	Agri	Planning	&	

Advisory	Co.,	Ltd.

•	 	Nomura	Farm	Co.,	Ltd.

•	 	Nomura	Asset	Management	

•	 	Nomura	Asset	Management	

•	 	Nomura	Asset	Management	

•	 	Nomura	Asset	Management	

U.K.	Limited

•	 	Nomura	Asset	Management	

Deutschland	KAG	mbH

Hong	Kong	LTD.
	Offices:	Hong	Kong,	Shanghai
•	 	Nomura	Asset	Management	

Singapore	LTD.

•	 	Nomura	Funds	Research	

and	Technologies	Co.,	Ltd.

•	 	Nomura	Private	Equity	

Co.,	Ltd.

USA	Inc.

•	 	Nomura	Global	Alpha	LLC
•	 	Nomura	Corporate	

Research	and	Asset	
Management	Inc.

•	 	Nomura	Funds	Research	and	
Technologies	America,	Inc.

•	 	Nomura	Asset	Management	

Capital	Co.,	Ltd.

Malaysia	Sdn.	Bhd.
•	 	Nomura	Islamic	Asset	
Management	Sdn.Bhd.

•	 	Nomura	Asset	Management	

Australia	Pty	LTD.

•	 	Nomura	Europe	Holdings	

PLC

•	 	Nomura	Asia	Holding	N.V.
•	 	Nomura	International	(Hong	

•	 	Nomura	Securities	Co.,	Ltd.
•	 	Nomura	Capital	Investment	

•	 	Nomura	Holding	America	Inc.

	Offices:	New	York,	Washington,	D.C.	

Co.,	Ltd.

•	 	Nomura	International	PLC
	Offices:	London,	Frankfurt,	
Helsinki,	Madrid,	Milan,	
Stockholm,	Vienna,		Doha,	Dubai	

•	 	Banque	Nomura	France
•	 	Nomura	Bank	(Switzerland)	

Ltd.

•	 	Nomura	Nederland	N.V.
•	 	Nomura	Bank	International	

PLC
	Offices:	London,	Milan,	Labuan

Kong)	LIMITED
	Offices:	Hong	Kong,	Hanoi,	Taipei	

•	 	Nomura	Australia	LIMITED
•	 	Nomura	Financial	Advisory	

and	Securities	(India)	Private	
Limited

•	 	Nomura	Financial	

Investment	(Korea)	Co.	Ltd.
•	 	Nomura	Malaysia	Sdn.	Bhd.
•	 	Nomura	Singapore	LIMITED
•	 	P.T.	Nomura	Indonesia

Other office locations
Dublin,	Warszawa,	Bahrain

Other office locations
Beijing,	Shanghai,	Manila,	Powai

•	 	Nomura	Securities	
International,	Inc.
	Offices:	New	York,	Atlanta,		
Boston,	Chicago,	Houston,		
Miami,	San	Francisco,	Toronto,		
São	Paulo

•	 	INSTINET	Incorporated

Asset 
Management

Wholesale*1

Others

•	The	Nomura	Trust	&	Banking	Co.,	Ltd.			•	Nomura	Investor	Relations	Co.,	Ltd.			•	Nomura	Babcock	&	Brown	Co.,	Ltd.			
•	Nomura	Research	&	Advisory	Co.,	Ltd.			•	Nomura	Business	Services	Co.,	Ltd.			•	Nomura	Facilities,	Inc.			
•	Nomura	Institute	of	Capital	Markets	Research			•	Nomura	Financial	Products	&	Services,	Inc.			•	Nomura	Land	and	Building	Co.,	Ltd.	
•	Nomura	Bank	(Luxembourg)	S.A.			•	Nomura	Information	Technology	(Dalian)	Co.,	Ltd			•	Nomura	Research	Institute,	Ltd.*2			
•	JAFCO	Co.,	Ltd.*2			•	Nomura	Real	Estate	Holdings,	Inc.*2			•		Capital	Nomura	Securities	Public	Company	Limited*2

*1	Subsidiaries	and	offices	involved	primarily	in	Wholesale	related	businesses.

*2	Affiliated	companies	accounted	for	by	the	equity	method

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Nomura Securities Domestic Network

(As of August 1, 2013)

Hokuriku (4 Branches)

Fukui Branch
Kanazawa Branch

Niigata Branch
Toyama Branch

Kinki (30 Branches)

Akashi Branch
Daito Branch
Esaka Office
Gakuenmae Branch
Higashiosaka 
Branch
Himeji Branch
Hirakata Branch
Ibaraki Branch
Kawanishi Branch
Kishiwada Branch
Kobe Branch
Kurakuen Branch
Kyoto Branch
Kyoto Branch, Kyoto 
Station Building, 
the Cube Office

Nanba Branch
Nara Branch
Nishinomiya Branch
Okamoto Branch
Osaka Branch
Otsu Branch
Sakai Branch
Senri Branch
Takarazuka Branch
Takatsuki Branch
Tennoji Branch
Toyonaka Branch
Tsukaguchi Branch
Uehonmachi Branch
Umeda Branch
Wakayama Branch

Shikoku (5 Branches)

Imabari Office
Kochi Branch
Matsuyama Branch
Takamatsu Branch
Tokushima Branch

Chugoku (9 Branches)

Fukuyama Branch
Hiroshima Branch
Kurashiki Branch
Matsue Branch
Okayama Branch

Shimonoseki Branch
Tokuyama Branch
Tottori Office
Yonago Branch

Kyushu (11 Branches)

Fukuoka Branch
Fukuoka Branch, 
Amu Plaza Hakata 
Office
Kagoshima Branch
Kitakyushu Branch
Kumamoto Branch

Kurume Branch
Miyazaki Branch
Nagasaki Branch
Oita Branch
Saga Branch
Sasebo Branch

Okinawa (1 Branch)

Naha Branch

Hokkaido (5 Branches)

Asahikawa Branch
Hakodate Branch
Kushiro Branch
Sapporo Branch
Tokachi/Obihiro Office

Tohoku (10 Branches)

Akita Branch
Aomori Branch
Fukushima Branch
Hachinohe Branch
Iwaki Office

Koriyama Branch
Morioka Branch
Sendai Branch
Shonai Office
Yamagata Branch

Tokyo metropolitan area (40 Branches)

Chofu Branch
Denenchofu Branch
Fuchu Branch
Gotanda Branch
Hachioji Branch
Hamadayama Office
Hatagaya Branch
Head Office
Iidabashi Branch
Ikebukuro Branch
Ikebukuro Metropolitan 
Plaza Branch
Jiyugaoka Branch
Kamata Branch
Kichijoji Branch
Kinshicho Branch
Koishikawa Branch
Koiwa Branch
Kokubunji Branch
Machida Branch
Mita Branch
Nakameguro Branch

Kanto (43 Branches)

Aeon Mall Funabashi Office
Aobadai Branch
Atsugi Branch
Chiba Branch
Fujisawa Branch
Funabashi Branch
Futamatagawa Office
Hiratsuka Branch
Ichikawa Branch
Kamakura Branch
Kamiooka Office
Kashiwa Branch
Kawagoe Branch
Kawaguchi Branch
Kawasaki Branch
Kofu Branch
Konandai Office
Koshigaya Branch
Kumagaya Branch
Matsudo Branch
Mito Branch
Musashikosugi Branch
Odawara Branch

Chubu (16 Branches)

Gifu Branch
Hamamatsu Branch
Kanayama Branch
Kariya Branch
Kasugai Branch
Matsumoto Branch
Nagano Branch
Nagoya Branch

Nakano Branch
Nerima Branch
Ogikubo Branch
Omori Branch
Sakurashinmachi Office
Sangenjaya Office
Seijo Branch
Senju Branch
Shibuya Branch
Shinbashi Branch
Shinjuku Branch
Shinjuku Nomura Building 
Branch
Shinjuku-eki Nishiguchi 
Branch
Tachikawa Branch
Tamagawa Branch
Tanashi Branch
Tokyo Branch
Toranomon Branch
Ueno Branch

Omiya Nishiguchi Branch
Ota Branch
Sagamihara Branch
Saitama Branch
Saitama Branch, 
Omiya Higashiguchi Office
Shiki Branch
Shinyurigaoka Branch
Takasaki Branch
Tama Plaza Branch
Tokorozawa Branch
Totsuka Branch
Tsuchiura Branch
Tsukuba Branch
Tsurumi Branch
Urawa Branch
Utsunomiya Branch
Yachiyodai Office
Yokohama  
Bashamichi Branch
Yokohama Branch
Yokosuka Branch

Nagoya-ekimae Branch
Numazu Branch
Okazaki Branch
Shizuoka Branch
Toyohashi Branch
Toyota Branch
Tsu Branch
Yokkaichi Branch

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Data Section

Corporate Data

Corporate Data

Company name 

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Paid-in capital 

 ¥594.5 billion (As of March 31, 2013)

President & CEO  Koji Nagai

December 25, 1925

Investment and financial services

Date of  
incorporation

Business  
description

Share Data

Common stock issued
3,822,562,601 shares (As of March 31, 2013)

Listing
The  common  shares  of  Nomura  Holdings,  Inc.  are  listed  on  the 
Tokyo,  Nagoya,  and  Singapore  stock  exchanges.  The  shares  are 
also listed on the NYSE in the form of American Depositary Shares 
(ADSs) evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). Each 
ADS represents one share of common stock. (As of March 31, 2013)

Securities code
8604 (Tokyo Stock Exchange)
NMR (New York Stock Exchange)

Number of shareholders
482,935 (Unit shareholders: 459,985) (As of March 31, 2013)

Major shareholders (Top 10)

Names of shareholders

Number of 
shares

Percentage 
(rounded to 
two decimal 
places)

Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account)

181,118,532

4.74%

The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)

143,236,500

3.75%

SSBT OD05 Omnibus Account Treaty Clients

92,515,219

2.42%

CACEIS BANK FRANCE,ORDINARY ACCOUNT

62,518,270

1.64%

Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 9)

38,988,900

1.02%

State Street Bank and Trust Company 505225

38,865,003

1.02%

Head office 

 1-9-1, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 
103-8645, Japan

Group employees  27,956 (As of March 31, 2013)

Transfer agent and registrar
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
Corporate Agency Department: +81 (3) 5391-1900

Depositary for American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
The Bank of New York Mellon

Depositary Receipts Division: +1 (866) 680-6825
http://www.adrbnymellon.com
Ratio: 1 ADR = 1 ordinary share

Component ratio of shareholders
(%)
100

80

60

40

20

0

Individuals and
Others

Foreign Legal
Entities

Other Legal Entities

Financial Institutions

The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. London S.L.Omnibus 
Account

37,287,773

0.98%

3/2009

3/2010

3/2011

3/2012

3/2013

Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 1)

37,005,700

0.97%

Nomura Group Employee’s Stock Ownership Association

36,573,507

0.96%

Northern Trust Company (AVFC) Sub-account American Client 36,448,600

0.95%

Note:  The Company has 108,435,696 shares (2.84%) of treasury stock as of March 31, 2013, 

which is not included in the major shareholders list above. 

Date of record for  
dividend payments

Second quarter

Year-end

September 30

March 31

Other

Credit rating

Standard & Poor’s

Moody’s Investors Service

R&I

JCR

Note:  As of May 31, 2013

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Nomura Securities

Long-term

Short-term

Long-term

Short-term

BBB+

Baa3

A+

AA–

A-2

—

a-1

—

A–

Baa2

A+

AA–

A-2

P-2

a-1

—

Website Information

Nomura Holdings Website 

http://www.nomura.com/

The  Nomura  Group  strives  to  make  its  corporate 
website  broadly  accessible  by  eliminating  troubles 
people  may  have  in  accessing  information  and 
services  due  to  visual,  hearing,  speech  or  other 
physical impairments.

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/policy/acresult.html

Corporate Citizenship Site

Investor Relations Site 

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/csr/

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/investor/

Delivers  information  on  the  Nomura  Group’s 
CSR initiatives in a timely manner and contains 
detailed dialog held with stakeholders. 

Provides various investor relations information 
for  the  Nomura  Group,  including  earnings 
presentations,  financial  data,  annual  reports, 
notices  for  shareholders  and  information 
pertaining to corporate governance. 

Inquiries

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

   Investor Relations

    Corporate Citizenship Department

Urbannet Otemachi Building
2-2-2, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8130, Japan
Tel. +81 (3) 5255-1000

Otemachi Nomura Building
2-1-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8170, Japan
Tel. +81 (3) 5255-1000
e-mail: csr@jp.nomura.com

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