Focused thinking: 2 min read | September 2019

Nearing an inflection point: Preparing for a change in global growth velocity

We have been downbeat on the global economic ... [Read more]

Hana

The Japanese connect with horticulture in a deeply ... [Read more]

Article: 3 min read | August 2019

Bonsai: A miniature view of global markets

Bonsai trees and shrubs encapsulate the serenity of ... [Read more]

Article: 3 min read | August 2019

Bonsai: How horticultural, technical and artistic expertise delivers excellence

Every tree starts with a seed or a ... [Read more]

Video: 3 min video | August 2019

The Bonsai Story

Article: 4 min read | August 2019

Bonsai: Why long-term commitment and vision underpins their beauty

Japan’s ancient bonsai tradition, where miniaturised shrubs and ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 3 min read | July 2019

Japan: conditions for more BOJ easing and implications

Expectations have been mounting for a policy response ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 3 min video | July 2019

Asia mid-year equities outlook 2019

Focused thinking: 2 min read | July 2019

What's on the horizon for the global economy?

Our weekly updated overview highlights the key releases ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 4 min read | July 2019

Global midyear economic outlook 2019

Central bankers step up to the plate as ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 5 min read | June 2019

NIFA featured article - New equilibrium: US-China tensions and the fate of free trade

Focused thinking: 4 min read | June 2019

NIFA featured article - Out of ammo: Why the next slowdown may be difficult to counter

The biggest risk currently facing the global economy ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 3 min read | June 2019

Japanese economy to remain at low ebb

Our main scenario is that recession and additional ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 1 min read | June 2019

Highlights from Nomura Investment Forum Asia 2019

Video: 4 min video | May 2019

Oishii

Article: 2 min read | May 2019

What do Japanese gardens tell us about financial markets?

We identify the 6 key themes between banking ... [Read more]

Sakura

Article: 6 min read | May 2019

How will asset managers survive in a data driven world?

Asset management’s next phase of disruption has arrived ... [Read more]

Stories

Every Spring, Japan is awash with cherry blossoms ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 2 min read | March 2019

India: the 'frown curve' – why politics and economics don’t always smile

Is good economics also good politics? It could ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 2 min video | March 2019

Global Outlook Videos 2019

Focused thinking: 3 min video | February 2019

Europe in 2019: What will drive a recovery this year?

Focused thinking: 1 min read | February 2019

The UK in 2019: Why are global investors optimistic about the UK?

Our UK 2019 outlook looks at how the ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 2 min read | February 2019

How will BOJ respond to calls for more easing?

Out of the limited number of options available ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 1 min read | January 2019

Asia: Top 5 articles from 2018

As we move swiftly into 2019, see the ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 2 min read | January 2019

Japan outlook 2019: gradual economic slowdown to continue

The recovery in Japan's economic activity is still ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 4 min read | January 2019

APAC technology: is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Due to various macro and micro issues (US-China ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 2 min video | December 2018

Equity markets in 2019: soft power matters

Focused thinking: 3 min video | December 2018

Asia in 2019: always darkest before the dawn

Focused thinking: 7 min video | November 2018

US-Sino trade friction: not all a lose-lose outcome for Asia

Focused thinking: 4 min read | November 2018

How X-Elio completed Japan’s largest solar sale

How X-Elio completed Japan’s largest solar sale – ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 4 min read | October 2018

Euroyen market delivers swift results

Euroyen bonds offer size and speed for banks ... [Read more]

Case study: 1 min read | September 2018

In the hunt for yield where are the new sources of volatility?

As mainstream markets evolve, structured products that focus ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 3 min read | September 2018

Damocles: our early warning indicator of exchange rate crises

Despite the lessons learned from past crises, currency ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 2 min read | August 2018

What can we learn from the history of trade wars?

From the 1950s to the 1990s Japan often ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 3 min read | August 2018

Why global bonds are still attractive to Japanese issuers

Issuance hit a record high in 2017 and ... [Read more]

Case study: 3 min read | August 2018

East meets West: How China’s Geely connected with Volvo Trucks

Nomura’s structuring apportioned risk between the various counterparties ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 3 min read | July 2018

China FinTech – 2018: survival of the fittest

Artificial Intelligence (particularly machine learning) and big data ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 4 min video | July 2018

Asia growth slowdown: six reasons why a growth slowdown lies ahead

Focused thinking: 3 min video | June 2018

Why market volatility is inevitable

Focused thinking: 3 min video | June 2018

Highlights from Nomura Investment Forum Asia 2018

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Focused thinking: 3 min read | April 2018

Where are the risks in an EM snapback?

Four potential events this year could lead to ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 2 min read | April 2018

What is fuelling trade in global emerging markets?

Trade has played a critical role in the ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 1 min video | April 2018

How is technology transforming global emerging markets?

Focused thinking: 2 min read | March 2018

China: beyond falling M2 growth

M2 growth has fallen sharply in China since ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 6 min read | March 2018

Japanese cross-border M&A takes off

In a time of global economic and political ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 2 min read | February 2018

Time for the National Pension Service to escape “home bias”

The National Pension Service (NPS) is Korea’s social ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 1 min read | December 2017

Asia Economic Outlook 2018

A forecast of Asia’s sweet spot of solid ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 5 min video | December 2017

Outlook 2018: Asia

Focused thinking: 2 min read | November 2017

The great decoupling: are Asian central banks breaking from the Fed?

Asian central banks are yet to follow the ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 1 min video | November 2017

Eddie Jones: laser-sharp focus

Focused thinking: 3 min read | September 2017

China equity strategy: Add Japan and India to our comparative study

Using Confucius' theory of human life stages, we ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 6 min video | August 2017

Highlights from Nomura Investment Forum Asia 2017

Focused thinking: 11 min podcast | August 2017

Are striving tiger cubs the next phase of flying geese?

Our Asia economists present their scorecard of 2 ... [Read more]

Focused thinking: 3 min read | January 2017

Deal-contingent hedging: a flexible way to mitigate risk

Recent geopolitical volatility has had dramatic repercussions in ... [Read more]