Nomura 5Y AUD bonds with yields of over 6%!

Nomura’s new 5-year AUD bond offers a 6.1% yield, backed by solid earnings, wealth-management growth, and still-strong capital and liquidity buffers.

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iFAST Research Team20 Apr 2026 596 Views
Nomura 5Y AUD bonds with yields of over 6%!

  • Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Nomura) has issued a 5-year bond with an yield to maturity of 6.1%, equivalent to Australia Government Securities + 140 basis points. The total issuance size was AUD 850 million, with proceeds on-lent to subsidiaries, including Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., for general corporate purposes.

  • The bonds are senior unsecured and rated A- by Fitch with stable outlooks.

  • Nomura is a Japan-based global financial services firm founded in 1925, providing services across wealth management, investment management, wholesale (global markets and investment banking), and banking. The group has a strong international presence, connecting Eastern and Western markets and serving a diverse global client base.

  • It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) with a market capitalisation of approximately JPY 4.67 trillion (~US$29 billion) as of 17 April 2026. Nomura manages record Assets under Management (AUM) of JPY 134.7 trillion (~US$850 billion), further strengthened by the December 2025 acquisition of Macquarie’s U.S. and European public asset management business.

  • For the nine months ended 31 December 2025 (3Q26), Nomura reported strong performance, with net revenue increasing 10% YoY to JPY 1,590.5 billion, mainly driven by structural reforms and solid growth in Wealth Management (up 19% YoY) and Wholesale (up 8% YoY) (Table 1).

  • For Wealth Management segment delivered record recurring and flow revenues, supported by its expanding full-service platform, with higher assets under management (AUM) reaching JPY 28.1 trillion as of end-December 2025 (Chart 1), and net inflows of recurring revenue assets exceeding JPY 500 billion.

  • The recurring revenue cost coverage ratio in Wealth Management increased from 63% in 3Q25 to 71% in 3Q26, indicating a stronger shift toward stable, fee-based income streams. This improves earnings visibility and reduces reliance on more volatile trading and transaction-related revenues.

  • This milestone represents a key step toward the firm’s Management Vision 2030, which targets increasing recurring revenue assets to over JPY 37 trillion and raising the cost coverage ratio to above 80% by the 2030/31 fiscal year.

  • For Wholesale segment reached record results in equities and investment banking, fueled by robust US derivatives activity and a recovery in Japanese capital market deals.

  • The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio declined from 16.3% in 3Q25 to 12.8% in 3Q26, but remained comfortably above regulatory requirements. The decline was mainly driven by the Macquarie acquisition, which increased risk-weighted assets (RWA) and impacted the regulatory capital base following changes in calculation methodology rather than credit deterioration.

  • As of 3Q26, Nomura’s Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) stood at 212.9%, slightly lower than 213.8% in 3Q25, mainly reflecting acquisition-related cash outflows from the Macquarie public asset management acquisition completed on 1 December 2025. Despite the slight decline, Nomura continues to maintain a robust liquidity position with JPY 10.8 trillion in liquidity resources, supporting financial stability during its current growth phase.

  • Overall, we view that Nomura credit stable with strong earnings and wealth management growth, while slightly weaker capital metrics mainly reflect acquisition-related RWA increase, with all buffers still comfortably above regulatory requirements.

  • At the yield to maturity of 6.1%, the issuance looks attractively priced against the same tenor bank issuances (table 2).

Table 1: Nomura’s Revenue Segment Breakdown

Business Segment

FY24/25

3Q25 (Dec 2024)

FY24/25

3Q26 (Dec 2025)

Wealth Management

 

Net Revenue (JPY Billion)

111.6

132.5

Pre Tax Margin (%)

40.1%

44.2%

Wholesale

 

Net Revenue (JPY Billion)

290.5

313.9

Pre Tax Margin (%)

21.5%

19.8%

Investment Management

 

Net Revenue (JPY Billion)

45.7

60.9

Pre Tax Margin (%)

41.4%

29.4%

Banking

 

Net Revenue (JPY Billion)

12.3

13.7

Pre Tax Margin (%)

38.2%

30.7%

Source: Nomura, iFAST compilation, Data as of 31 December 2025

Chart 1: Wealth Management of Recurring revenue assets

Table 2: Nomura’s Bond IPO

Bond

Yield to Maturity

Year to Maturity/Call

Min / Sub investment

Credit Rating

(Fitch)

NOMURA 6.170% 16Apr2031 Corp (AUD)

6.1%

5Y/-

AUD1,000/1,000

A-

WSTP 5.141% 12Feb2031 Corp (AUD)

5.3%

4.8Y/-

AUD10,000/10,000

AA-

CBAAU 5.030% 15Jan2031 Corp (AUD)

5.4%

4.8Y/-

AUD10,000/10,000

AA

Source: Bondsupermart, iFAST Compilations. Data as of 17 April 2026.



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