Nomura Group

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The Nomura Group (野村グループ, Nomura Gurūpu^?) is an international conglomerate of financial services and consulting companies, headquartered in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo, Japan. Nomura also has major offices at the World Financial Center in New York City, at the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, and at Nomura House in London.

Nomura's main company is Nomura Securities, Japan's most well-known stock brokerage firm. Originally a bond trading firm that was spun off from Osaka Nomura Bank in 1925, it gained the authority to trade stock in 1938, and went public in 1961. It also has a number of international offices of its own.

Nomura Holdings, Inc. is the holding company of the Nomura Group.