Traditionally, Nomura has relied on executing trades to generate the bulk of its revenue. But liberalization and the growth of electronic trading has eroded commissions and forced the brokerage to look for new business.
Nomura has made several investments to expand its range of investment services. In March, it invested $54.2 million to establish an online brokerage called Joinvest Securities. In November, Nomura announced it would pay $1.2 billion to buy New York-based electronic stock trading company Instinet, in the hopes of deploying Instinet’s electronic trading platform in Asia.
The deal comes as Fortress prepares for an initial public offering of its shares, which will make it one of the few alternative investment companies to sell stock to the public. The company filed a prospectus with U.S. regulators early last month.
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