Best groups at Nomura??

How would you rank its groups in the US (deal flow, culture, reputation) and what is comp like from analyst - associate? Have heard the most about LevFin, Sponsors and TMT.

Also, where do you see Nomura in the next 5 years? 

Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated!

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Based on the most helpful WSO content, it seems that the Financial Sponsors and Leverage Finance groups at Nomura have historically been the most active. This is because sponsors tend to care more about a bank's execution capabilities than its "brand". When Nomura does work on M&A transactions, they often advise a Japanese client.

As for the future of Nomura, it's a bit tricky to predict. The bank's US IBD platform has seen periods of growth and decline, often marked by hiring sprees from BBs followed by departures a few years later. However, they do have some solid bankers on the platform and they get cross-border flow from their Japanese colleagues and some legacy Lehman groups in EMEA.

In terms of compensation, I'm afraid I don't have specific figures. However, having "Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Nomura" on your resume will certainly get you noticed by other firms (BBs, EBs etc) if you decide to recruit for full time.

Remember, the hardest part is getting that first foot in the door (which you've successfully done) - the rest is up to you and what you make of it. So, my advice would be to make the most of this opportunity, learn as much as you can, and keep an open mind about your future career path.

Sources: Best Groups at Nomura (NYC IBD), Thoughts on Nomura culture and exit ops?

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Nomura Greentech and Levfin remain its strongest groups by miles in terms of deal flow. In the next 5 years, I see Nomura being a bigger player, especially in the US as long as they rebuild their other teams.

 

They have some ingredients that could be structurally advantageous. Massive international scope and financing capabilities, willing to pay up for talent (we aren’t comparing to EBs obviously but other large banks). MD laterals from multiple great banks in Greentech. Idk, I think the shift will be more towards EBs broadly (of which Nomura is not), but compared to other large banks, they generally don’t do stupid shit or offer zero bonuses to ppl, and BB talent acquisition has become such a crapshoot that the Japanese banks (incl Mizuho) could definitely catch up

 

Lev Fin, Greentech, and Private Debt are their strongest groups but they haven't been pulling in a lot of new deal flow lately, majority of their deal flow are from legacy clients. Greentech deals that have closed haven't been many lately and the only group pulling in new clients in the private debt group. They also laid off over half of their TMT group at the end of January and based on deal flow across the majority of groups they may do more before the summer

 

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