Nomura Holdings, Inc. (野村ホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese financial holding company, and a principal member of the Nomura Group.
In October 2008 the company announced that it would buy Lehman Brothers Holdings's investment banking and equities unit in Asia and Europe and keep on most of its employees. Nomura would pay $225 million for the purchase of Lehman's Asian-Pacific unit. Nomura will retain the 2000+ employees of Lehman's Powai (Mumbai, India) office.