Q1 What is the relationship between the Institute and Nomura Securities?

The Institute and Nomura Securities are both subsidiaries of Nomura Holdings, the Nomura Group holding company. Therefore, although the Institute and Nomura Securities are financially independent of each other, as fellow members of the Group they have a common desire to further the development of Japan's capital markets and cooperate in various ways (e.g., by exchanging opinions).

Nomura Holdings Website

Q2 What is the relationship with the Nomura Research Institute and the Financial & Economic Research Center?

    Established in April 2004 and staffed largely by former members of the Nomura Research Institute's Capital Market Research Department, whose tradition of research it intends to continue, the Institute is an independent member of the Nomura Group with no financial or personal connections with the Nomura Research Institute.
Nomura Securities, the company at the center of the Nomura Group, has its own research department, the Financial & Economic Research Center, which conducts research on individual sectors and companies, the economy as a whole, and financial engineering as part of the operations of a securities company.
The Institute, on the other hand, maintains a certain distance from the day-to-day business of the securities industry and studies developments on the securities markets from an independent perspective. Although, like FERC, it is part of the Nomura Group's research operations, it is a separate organization with its own views.  

Nomura Research Institute Website

Q3 Where is the Institute located?

We are located at 2-2-2, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. For further details, please see the Office Map.

Q4 What kind of research (work) do you do?

    The Institute conducts professional and neutral research on Japan's capital markets and financial system, especially how they are regulated and organized and how they perform, while taking into account developments in Europe and the United States. Most of its findings are published in the Nomura Capital Market Quarterly (in Japanese) and the Nomura Journal of Capital Markets (in English).
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Q5 Does the Institute accept requests for talks and reports?

Any such requests should normally be addressed via Nomura Securities or one of the group companies. Please ask your contact at Nomura Securities.

Q6 Does the Institute undertake any consultancy work?

No.

Q7 Where should enquiries about job opportunities be sent?

Anyone interested in job opportunities with the Institute should refer to the following page.

Q8 Does the Institute have any branches (outposts)?

It has a representative office in Beijing.