Nomura thoughts? - 2021

Hi everyone - would love to hear about Nomura and how they compare to their competitors. Additionally, how do their M&A and ECM teams perform?

Thank you!

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ECM team sucks. I don’t think they’re top 10 for any kind of equity deals. They’re getting beat by Mizuho and MUFG in league tables. However, any offer is better than no offer.

 
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Interned there last summer and was part of the 50% who did not get a return offer (now going to an EB).

Memes aside, avoid Nomura. During the internship, we were told that the interns would be safe since they already laid off a bunch of people midsummer, but that wasn’t the case on decision day.

Morale in my group and other groups was pretty low. Mostly pitching and not winning any mandates. Turnover is quite high at the junior level (my analysts and associates have moved to better banks / buyside). The only exceptions are probably Greentech, LevFin, and Sponsors.

While I acknowledge that I could have tried a bit harder, made fewer mistakes to be in that top 50%, seeing near 100% return rates at other banks made it clear that Nomura was / is not a good place to be.

 

Any idea how their industrials/A&D teams are? Got through for a 1st round and am curious

 

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