Nomura Holdings, wannabe global banking giant, is tearing through its “to do” list. Just 10 months after acquiring Lehman Brothers' European and Asian businesses, Japan's dominant brokerage is now the third biggest broker on the London Stock Exchange. It is setting up in Saudi Arabia and trouncing the competition in Asia, outside of Japan. As befits its desired status, Nomura is also upping sticks from nouveau Canary Wharf to the blue-blooded City of London.
意欲成爲全球銀行巨擘的野村證券(Nomura Holdings),正在艱難地實施其計劃表。在收購雷曼兄弟(Lehman Brothers)歐洲及亞洲業務僅10個月後,這家日本主要券商目前已成爲倫敦證交所(LSE)第三大經紀商。該公司正在沙烏地阿拉伯開設業務,並在日本以外的亞洲地區痛擊競爭對手。從新興的金絲雀碼頭(Canary Wharf)到老牌的倫敦金融城(City of London),都能看見野村證券的身影,意在與其追求的身份相符。