Nomura Announces Key Appointments in US Equity Research Sales

NEW YORK, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nomura, Asia's global investment bank, today announced the appointment of Scott Litner as a Managing Director, Jason Meyer as an Executive Director and Richard Oates as a Vice President, increasing the firm's US equity research distribution capabilities to clients across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Scott Litner joins Nomura as head of New York equity research sales, covering clients in New York and Denver. He joins from Lazard Capital Markets where he worked from 2009 serving clients across New York and Denver. In addition to his time at Lazard, Litner has worked at Bear Stearns, JP Morgan Chase and Lehman Brothers in a variety of senior institutional equity sales roles.

Jason Meyer joins Nomura to lead the firm's Midwest US equity research sales effort. Based in Chicago, Meyer is responsible for coordinating and marketing Nomura's equity research products to clients in Chicago, Kansas City, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Minneapolis.  He joins from RBC Capital Markets where he worked from 2010, most recently as a director in institutional equity sales.

Richard Oates joins Nomura as an equity research sales representative, based in London. He is responsible for delivering US Equity Research products directly to investors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa through the firm's dedicated distribution network.  Oates has prior experience as a senior equity analyst at Legatum Capital, where he had primary coverage of the banking universe and also followed international stocks across the auto, energy, telecommunications, consumer, oil services and commodities sectors.

Equity research in the Americas currently has over 200 stocks under coverage, spanning sectors such as: financial services, technology, media and telecoms, consumer, industrials and basic materials. 

Nomura is ranked #1 for Japanese equity research by Nikkei and Institutional Investor, #8 in Institutional Investor's All-Asia survey, #11 in Institutional Investor's All-Europe rankings and #13 in Institutional Investor's All-America survey.

Nomura

Nomura is a leading financial services group and the preeminent Asia-based investment bank with worldwide reach. Nomura provides a broad range of innovative solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in over 30 countries. Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura has a unique understanding of Asia that enables the company to make a difference for clients through three business divisions: retail, asset management, and wholesale (global markets and investment banking). Nomura's subsidiaries in the US include Nomura Securities International, Inc. (a member of SIPC) and Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management Inc. For further information about Nomura, please visit www.nomura.com

SOURCE Nomura Securities