Nomura hires more bankers for its American team
Nomura has hired yet more bankers to join its American team, as part of its expansion plan to push for a larger share of the investment banking sector in the area. The bank has hired six senior bankers, including a new head of equity capital markets, for the region to oversea IPO's and other stock deals. As of last month, Nomura had 2,514 employees in the US, compared to 700 when it began boosting its team from March 2009. For 1H 2015, the America's yielded 26% of Nomura's global markets revenue and around 40% of its international investment banking sales.

The Japanese financial firm Nomura has hired yet more deal makers for the Americas, as it continues to push for a share of the investment banking pie in the region.

The firm plans to announce on Tuesday that it has hired six senior bankers, including a new head of equity capital markets for the region to oversee initial public offerings and other stock deals.

The hires are:

• Mark Connelly, who will serve as head of equity capital markets for the Americas, and most recently served as global co-head of equity capital markets at Jefferies.

• Garrett Carpenter and Christina Park, who will join as managing directors in the acquisition leveraged finance team. Mr. Carpenter most recently worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, while Ms. Park previously worked at Barclays and Lehman Brothers.