A man walks past a signboard of Nomura Securities outside its branch in Tokyo April 25, 2013. Nomura Holdings Inc said its quarterly profit jumped by 273 percent on Friday as Japan's largest brokerage cashed in on the surge in domestic shares and booked a one-off gain on the sale of a property affiliate's stock. Picture taken April 25, 2013.
The headquarters of Nomura Securities is seen through a decoration of a bridge in Tokyo March 5, 2013. Nomura Holdings Inc replaced its chief financial officer and shrunk its line-up of senior managers as part of the Japanese brokerage's largest annual reshuffle in a decade. The reshuffle - the biggest since 2003 in terms of the number of employees changing roles - is the first since Koji Nagai took over as CEO promising to rebuild the company from "the ground up" in the wake of an insider trading scandal.
The logo of Nomura Securities is seen outside a branch office in Tokyo January 31, 2013. Japan's largest investment bank Nomura Holdings Inc posted a 12.8 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by the recent rally in Japanese shares, cost-cutting, and a large one-off investment gain.
A man uses a mobile phone as he walks past a Nomura Securities branch in Tokyo January 31, 2013. Japan's largest investment bank Nomura Holdings Inc posted a 12.8 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by the recent rally in Japanese shares, cost-cutting, and a large one-off investment gain.
A pedestrian walks past a branch of Nomura Securities in Tokyo on October 29, 2012. Japan's top brokerage Nomura Holdings posted net profit for the three months to September, reversing a year-before loss thanks to solid gains from trading business.
Pedestrians pass before a branch of Nomura Securities in Tokyo on October 29, 2012. Japan's top brokerage Nomura Holdings posted net profit for the three months to September, reversing a year-before loss thanks to solid gains from trading business. Nomura said its net profit came to 2.81 billion yen (35.2 million USD) in the July-September quarter, up 48.5 percent from the previous three months and a turnaround from the year-before loss of 46.1 billion yen.