New head of international trading at Nomura
13 August 2010 New York
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Nomura Securities has hired Jon Block as head of International trading in the Americas, with responsibility for trading and sales-trading of non-US stocks.
His mandate is to grow Nomura's already strong franchise in trading EMEA, Asian and Japanese stocks with US clients, and to build further product capabilities, including Latin America and Canada. He will act as head of the business in addition to being a client facing trader and risk manager.
Block worked at Goldman Sachs for ten years starting in 1994, where he traded international stocks and the financials sector. He also led UBS's Canadian trading and sales trading franchise for four years starting in 2005. He graduated from Harvard College in 1990 and New York University Law School in 1994.
He will report directly to Ciaran O'Kelly, head of equities, Americas, and regionally to Dean Schulberg, head of EMEA cash equities, and John Adair, co-head of Asia-Pacific equity sales.
Ciaran O'Kelly said: "Investor clients now expect access to global themes and flows, and with our dominant international research franchise and comprehensive execution platform, Nomura is well positioned to deliver an integrated global product few of our competitors can match. We offer our clients unparalleled access to Asia and Japan, and full equities capabilities in EMEA. As we complete our US build, Jon elevates our ability to harness the power and depth of Nomura's international resources and deliver them to clients."
His mandate is to grow Nomura's already strong franchise in trading EMEA, Asian and Japanese stocks with US clients, and to build further product capabilities, including Latin America and Canada. He will act as head of the business in addition to being a client facing trader and risk manager.
Block worked at Goldman Sachs for ten years starting in 1994, where he traded international stocks and the financials sector. He also led UBS's Canadian trading and sales trading franchise for four years starting in 2005. He graduated from Harvard College in 1990 and New York University Law School in 1994.
He will report directly to Ciaran O'Kelly, head of equities, Americas, and regionally to Dean Schulberg, head of EMEA cash equities, and John Adair, co-head of Asia-Pacific equity sales.
Ciaran O'Kelly said: "Investor clients now expect access to global themes and flows, and with our dominant international research franchise and comprehensive execution platform, Nomura is well positioned to deliver an integrated global product few of our competitors can match. We offer our clients unparalleled access to Asia and Japan, and full equities capabilities in EMEA. As we complete our US build, Jon elevates our ability to harness the power and depth of Nomura's international resources and deliver them to clients."
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