Nomura is continuing to lose employees from its macro trading business to hedge funds, while a senior global markets operations executive has also departed for the buy side, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
The Japanese bank’s macro franchise has seen a series of departures this year, particularly in Singapore, where Nomura has simultaneously been recruiting traders from rival ANZ.
The latest moves have extended to other offices. The report cites unnamed people familiar with the matter as highlighting that in New York, Lynn Xie, a director-level US dollar options trader, and Lim Jia Cong, a managing director on the same desk, have both left. Their next destinations are unclear.
Nomura’s London macro business has also experienced turnover. Lorenzo Chiesa, a junior trader on the FX options desk, has moved to Citadel, where he is working across FX volatility, relative-value and macro strategies. Sam Green, an executive director on the London rates options desk, also left in August, according to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority register.
Nomura has reportedly not commented on the departures.
