Nomura Research Institute CEO and leadership

The Financial Markets Panel is a group of academics and practitioners brought together by the Nomura Research Institute to discuss policies relating financial markets. Launched in March 2009, the Panel meets roughly once every two months.

Until now Japan has lacked a forum where specialists from a variety of fields can exchange information and present their views on financial market policy from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Although various interpretations of and solutions to the current crisis have been proposed, these efforts have been hindered by limitations in the theoretical framework, available market information, and the feasibility of policy implementation, and debate has often been thrown into confusion.

The Financial Markets Panel was created in an attempt to overcome these limitations and constraints. Its objective is to bring together experts in theory and practice and ask them to share their knowledge regarding the latest market trends and theoretical developments and offer their views on financial market policy. By publishing the proceedings of these meetings in both Japanese and English and distributing them to policymakers, academics, and practitioners both inside and outside Japan, the Panel hopes to contribute to the development of sound financial policy.

Please visit the following website for the minutes and reference materials. We look forward to receiving the comments and advices.

http://fis.nri.co.jp/en/fmp/fmp/discussion.html

Mr. Akihito Watanabe serves as Senior Corporate Managing Director of Global Human Resources at Nomura Holdings, Inc. Mr. Watanabe is also the Owner of Watanabe Kosan Limited. Mr. Watanabe served as Senior Managing Director of Global Human Resources of Nomura Holdings Inc. He served as an Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Nomura Holdings Inc. Mr. Watanabe served as Senior Managing Director of Advisory Fund Management, Tokyo of Nomura Holdings Inc. since April 1, 2009. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nomura Research and Advisory Co. Ltd. Mr. Watanabe served as Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings Inc. from June 2003 to April 1, 2009 and Head of its Group Human Resources Development from 2006 to April 1, 2009. He served as the Head of Global Research at Nomura Holdings Inc. since April 2004. He joined Nomura Holdings Inc., in April 1981 and served as General Manager of Controllers Department since June 1997, Managing Director since June 2000, Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., since October 2001, Head of Global Risk Management, Treasury, Controller, IR and IT & Operations since April 2002 and Head of Global Risk Management, IR and IT & Operations since June 2003. He serves as a Director of Nomura Research And Advisory Co. Ltd. He served as a Director of Nomura Holdings Inc. since June 1998.

Tetsuharu Hanazaki are a Chief Technical Engineer at Nomura Research Institute and are based in Japan, Japan. They attended Science UniverSity of Tokyo between 1998 and 2002 and INSEAD between 2011 and 2011.