Nomura will speed up structural reforms, incoming CEO Okuda says
Reuters
Published Dec 02, 2019 10:17PM ET
Nomura will speed up structural reforms, incoming CEO Okuda says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) will speed up structural reforms, the incoming chief executive of Japan's biggest brokerage said on Tuesday, adding there was no guarantee a top player in the financial industry today could stay in that position in future.
"I have a sense of crisis over whether today's main players in the financial industry can remain so down the road," co-chief operating officer Kentaro Okuda told a gathering of investors, a day after he was named to succeed CEO Koji Nagai.
Nomura said in April it was seeking to cut costs by more than $1 billion and would close 20% of its domestic retail branches.
Okuda, 56, has worked overseas including as head of Nomura's U.S. arm and also has years of experience in its investment banking division.
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