Nomura’s acquisition of Macquarie’s US and European public asset management business was completed on 1 December 2025; new entity to be named Nomura Asset Management International.
The new offering integrates Tradeweb and is expected to support institutional investors trading ETFs to gain access to wider global liquidity pools, increase automation and improve risk management.
The move is expected to coincide with potential job cuts as the firm looks to transition to a more advisory-led business in Europe, as revealed by The TRADE in April 2025.
The new product launch, developed in close collaboration with Societe Generale, comes off the back of the recent surge in ETFs across the industry.
Individual has been with the firm for more than 15 years, most recently serving as head of FX voice trading.
The products will initially launch with three index futures, based on Societe Generale and Solactive indices, with plans for further expansion scheduled for Q1 2026.
The past week has seen a swathe of moves, including a head of trading departure and a head of market structure appointment, as well as hires across high-touch sales trading, FX and equity sales.
Individual has more than 20 years’ experience; has previously served at Berenberg, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sanford Bernstein and Credit Suisse.
The outage, sparked by a cooling issue at one of the group’s data centers, began at 8.40pm CT on Thursday; BrokerTec EU, BrokerTec US Actives and EBS markets have reopened.
Regulatory fragmentation, legacy infrastructure and limited RMB liquidity continue to constrain Hong Kong’s ambitions to become a fully integrated digital market and RMB hub, panellists at The Network Forum: Asia warn.