Why Nomura for Interview

Hi wso, I'll interview for Nomura's London Summer Analyst program and I wanted to ask if anyone of you had any insights for the "Why Nomura?" part of the interview.

My ideas so far:

- unique access to Asia

- strong balance sheet

- a lot of runway to grow

I would really appreciate your insights, thank you very much!

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-Asia/West bridge

-Acquired Greentech so strong focus on renewables

-Smaller team so exposed to models very early on, but still has capacity of large/balance sheet bank

Everyone is shitting on Nomura but it’s a decent bank. Some of their teams have great deal flow (Greentech, Infra, Consumer, levfin)… These teams place very well in BB/EB or other funds. Talking about the EMEA btw

 

Thank you very, very much for these insights! I truly appreciate your help :)

 

-Asia/West bridge

-Acquired Greentech so strong focus on renewables

-Smaller team so exposed to models very early on, but still has capacity of large/balance sheet bank

Everyone is shitting on Nomura but it's a decent bank. Some of their teams have great deal flow (Greentech, Infra, Consumer, levfin)… These teams place very well in BB/EB or other funds. Talking about the EMEA btw

edit: gave american / NYC advice

 

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