Nomura Hires Rubinson as Senior Analyst for Retail in US Equity Research
New York, June 2, 2010 – Nomura Securities International, Inc. announced today that Aram Rubinson will join the firm as a managing director and senior analyst for its US Retail equity research team.
Rubinson joins this month from Highside Capital Management, where he was a sector head managing the Retail/Consumer component of a significant global long/short equity portfolio. Prior to this, Rubinson was a senior research analyst at Banc of America Securities, where he was the #1 ranked Hardlines Retailing analyst, according to Institutional Investor.
Michael Rietbrock, Head of US Equity Research at Nomura, commented, "Aram's experience as a successful investor, as well as a top-ranked sell-side analyst, will be invaluable to our clients. We expect his leadership to be instrumental in building our US Consumer research team."
Nomura is ranked #1 in Japanese equity research by the Nikkei and Institutional Investor, and #2 in both Asian and European equity research by Institutional Investor. In the US, Nomura already offers leading fixed income, economic and quantitative research, and is currently expanding its capital markets and investment banking businesses.
Ciaran O'Kelly, Head of Equities Americas, stated, "Aram further signals the high caliber of talent we are attracting as we grow our US equities platform, and brings a valuable additional perspective from his buy side experience. He is well-known on Wall Street and institutional investors will be delighted to hear that Aram is returning to sell-side research."
Rubinson received a BA from Tufts University and he is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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| Peter Truell | Nomura Holding America Inc. | +1 212-667-9971 | 
| Jonathan Hodgkinson | Nomura Holding America Inc. | +1 212-667-1484 | 
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