2025 Nomura Global Markets Off-Cycle Summer Internship (6-8 weeks) – APAC Equity Sales – San Francisco
Company Overview
Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Investment Management. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com.
Global Markets Americas
Nomura’s Global Markets business handles client transactions and provides a broad range of services to investor and issuer clients across the globe including asset managers, investment funds, governments, and corporations. We act as market makers for clients, buying and selling securities and providing liquidity across fixed income and equity products. We also provide highly specialized and tailored financing and structured solutions to clients, and partner with Nomura’s Investment Banking to facilitate capital market services including debt and equity financing, and innovative derivative and hedging solutions.
About the Internship
Nomura’s San Francisco based Equity Sales team leverages the firm’s top rated APAC research platform to interact with the Institutional Client base: capturing mind share, delivering alpha and enhancing flows across all equity-linked products. The salesforce is an integral part of the equity platform, connecting Portfolio Managers, Analysts, Traders and everyone in between with the various product groups across Nomura Equities. We work closely with our partners in Sales, Trading, Financing, Capital Markets, Derivatives and Corporate Access to maximize firm-to-firm connectivity and drive revenues.
Responsibilities May Include
- Support senior sales in their day-to-day tasks & gain a fundamental understanding of the institutional equity sales role.
- Examples of senior sales tasks the intern will be supporting:
- Relationship Management: Developing deep relationships with founders, portfolio managers, analysts. Delivering corporate access / research and markets content to aid in the investment process and decision making of equity portfolio managers
- Idea generation, content creation & dissemination around: Single stock ideas, Global Macro, Derivatives and Cross Asset
- Corporate Access: Connect CEOs, CFOs and other management from corporates with our client base; Sit in on meetings with Investors as they gain insights directly from top management
- Capital Markets: Working with Corporates to raise capital via Primary and Secondary offerings
- Direct connectivity with key decision makers at the largest investment institutions. Understanding institutional customers needs and providing solutions
Desired Skillset
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Organized and able to manage multiple projects and deadlines
- Ability to approach tasks creatively and analytically
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Eagerness to learn and work hard as part of a team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting
- Carries out responsibilities with a diverse and inclusive mindset
- A deep interest in capital markets, finance and the APAC region/culture
Requirements
- Outstanding academic qualifications; strong GPA
- Pursuing a BA/BS degree from an accredited college/university, graduating between December 2025 and June 2026
- Bilingual (English & Japanese)
Salary Disclosure
The base salary for this position is set based on a rate of $110,000 per year. This position is non-exempt and is eligible for overtime, in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer