Nomura Hires Asia Equity Derivatives Traders From Goldman, BofA

Nomura Holdings Inc. hired equity derivatives veterans from Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as the lender seeks to expand in Asia and maximize cross-selling to Japanese corporates clients.

(Bloomberg) — Nomura Holdings Inc. hired equity derivatives veterans from Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as the lender seeks to expand in Asia and maximize cross-selling to Japanese corporates clients.

Vikas Kumar has joined from Bank of America as head of equity derivatives trading for Asia ex-Japan, and Tomiyuki Oji has joined from Goldman as head of index flow derivatives trading, according to a memo. The bank also hired Sachin Tulshyan from Citigroup Inc. to run India Delta One trading, flow index and structured financing across Asia ex-Japan, according to the memo confirmed by a Hong Kong-based spokesman.

The Japanese brokerage appointed Ryoichi Irisawa as head of structured derivatives trading for Japan and Dinesh Gurnani as head of corporate derivatives trading for Asia-Pacific, according to the memo.

Haruno Tani, now focusing on structured equity derivatives, was named head of equity QIS trading for Japan.

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