Nomura Hires Financial Institutions Chief

Nomura Securities International Inc. has hired Jack A. Leventhal as a managing director and the head of U.S. financial institutions in NSI's investment banking division.Mr. Leventhal's responsibilities will include the expansion of NSI's financial advisory business to multinational financial institutions based in the United States and the creation of a middle-market investment banking business to U.S. financial institutions. He is based in New York. Tomoko Iino, managing director and head of investment banking at NSI, said Mr. Leventhal's "extensive background in cross-border transactions and experience in the U.S. make him a major asset to our firm as we expand our cross-border business as well as business in the U.S." Mr. Leventhal was chief executive officer and global head of financial institutions for Deloitte & Touche corporate finance in 2004 and 2005, and he also served at UBS, beginning in 1995. He was responsible for the creation and implementation of structured nonperforming loan transactions and led UBS's distressed portfolio principal investment activity in China and Japan.