Nomura Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company which provides investment and financial services. It operates through the following segments: Wealth Management Division, Investment Management Division, Wholesale Division, and Banking Division. The Wealth Management Division segment offers comprehensive asset management services that meet the diverse needs of individual and corporate clients through its network of retail offices and digital channels. The Investment Management Division provides various investment products and services, including investment trusts, discretionary investment services, and private funds to individual investors and Japanese and overseas institutional investors such as pension funds and financial institutions. The Wholesale division offers a diverse product suite to clients across Fixed Income, Equities and Investment Banking and International Wealth Management, catering to the sophisticated needs of clients globally. The Banking division comprises of Nomura Trust and Banking (NTB) and Nomura Bank (Luxembourg) (NBL), which provides trust banking services to clients originating from the securities company. The company was founded by Tokushichi Nomura on December 25, 1925 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.