Nomura S&T Internship

Question

Hi all - I'm a math and econ major from a top-20 US school, just got an offer for Nomura S&T which I'm very excited about.  Had a few questions - 1) What is Nomura's reputation, especially in terms of S&T, 2) What kind of activities do summer analysts do (I don't know if I'll actually be trading or writing pitches or whatever else), 3) What are the better desks right now at Nomura?

Go Pick Up Breakfast Intern · Accepted Answer

I know this may be late.... I'll try to quickly run through your questions.

Nomura has a great reputation.  They pick their spots really well.  Rates is great, Mortgages (securitized products) are great and many others are as well.  Overall though the bank seems to be coming up in the US pretty rapidly and its a great time to join something that is going to rapidly improve in prestige - management shows a clear commitment to this.  While your friend who knows nothing about Wall Street may not have heard of Nomura, everyone on the street has and thats what matters.
It depends on the desk.

Mostly Random Dude · Answer

So, the equities side, without naming any names (feel free to PM me if you want more detail), all info is a bit dated (over two years):
-- Exotics/corporate desk is pretty good and staffed with really nice people 
-- Index desk is (or at least was) very "high pressure", they are very active though
-- Equity derivatives sales are a cool bunch if you are into that stuff
-- SNO desk is a bit nasty sometimes but that's the nature of the business
-- Converts is probably one of the better desks ranking-wise, good crowd

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