—Nomura Holdings Inc. lost about 20 mostly junior investment bankers in Asia after bonus payouts in May, adding to a stream of departures from Japan’s biggest brokerage as financial firms vie for talent in the fast-expanding region.
Global banks are battling to keep junior investment bankers in Asia where financial technology firm and investment companies can offer a route to faster promotion and the prospects for higher earnings. At Nomura, the attrition was comparable to that in the previous years after bonus payouts, the people said. Still, the departures highlight the acute talent shortage in China and Hong Kong, where turnover this year of junior bankers has roughly doubled at some firms.
The reset puts more focus on Nomura’s plans for greater China. The brokerage opened on the mainland at the end of 2019 and plans to add an investment banking division by 2023 to become a full-licensed broker. It has plans to boost its China mainland headcount to about 300 this year, mainly by adding private bankers and other front-office staff, Toshiyasu Iiyama, head of Nomura’s China committee, said late last year.
The investment bank is reviewing candidates for the position left by Karwal, and will have a new group of graduate hires starting in late July, the people said.
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