Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Nomura Q1 profit quadruples, may exit US subprime

(Reuters) - TOKYO, July 25 - Nomura Holdings Inc. , Japan's largest brokerage, posted a surprise quadrupling of quarterly net profit, helped by strong sales of investment trusts and a few big equity financing and M&A deals.



Rivals Daiwa Securities Group and Nikko Cordial Corp. are also expected to book higher profits compared with a year earlier, helped by a booming market for investment trusts, which are similar to mutual funds.


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