New York, March 23, 2010 — RealTick® (www.realtick.com), the leading global multi-broker, crossasset electronic trading platform has expanded its relationship with Nomura adding their latest electronic US equity trading products to its platform. This enhancement now allows RealTick traders the ability to execute trades in European, Asian and the US markets with Nomura.

RealTick users can access Nomura’s latest ModelEx™ suite of algorithms, Smart Router and dark crossing platform NX,TM as well as make use of Nomura’s direct market access, Program Trading and Worked Order capabilities, for US, European and Asian equity execution. In addition RealTick clients can also access Nomura’s pairs trading and portfolio trading strategies along with the ability to access global futures markets via direct market access, Worked Order and Algorithmic execution services available through ModelEx™.

“We are pleased to partner with RealTick to deliver our ModelEx US Algorithms in RealTick to
complement our global ModelEx offerings. We will continue to expand our equity offering in the US and are committed to providing a world class electronic trading product to our clients" Kevin Brady, MD Nomura Securities.

“RealTick’s focus is to ensure that our clients have rapid and easy access to the widest network of brokers and their electronic products globally across asset classes. We are pleased to have expanded the depth and breadth of global execution capabilities by adding Nomura’s ModelEx™ algorithms into RealTick,” states Michel Finzi, Global Head of Business Development at RealTick.

“Traders increasingly want a single platform which integrates well into their work flow, one that is functionally rich, configurable and easy to use and which provides access to the latest execution capabilities from their broker partners. Nomura and RealTick took full advantage of the FIX Algorithmic Trading Definition Language (atdl). Combined with RealTick’s interactive broker tools, this enabled us to swiftly and accurately deploy Nomura’s products and tailored new strategies within RealTick” adds Finzi.

Nomura is part of RealTick’s global multi-broker network, which includes, among many others, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, BNY Convergex, CA Cheuvreux, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Instinet, JP Morgan, MF Global, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, Societe Generale, and UBS.

RealTick continues to upgrade its fully configurable multi-broker, multi-asset class EMS with advanced features that enable traders to simplify their daily workflow and stay focused on achieving better execution performance across brokers, algorithms, liquidity pools and asset classes, with ease.

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About RealTick
RealTick is the electronic trading industry’s premier global, broker neutral, multi-asset Execution Management System (EMS). RealTick’s unsurpassed flexibility and customizability streamlines trader workflow by delivering a fully integrated front-to-back solution, including sophisticated trading tools; unrivalled electronic access to leading global brokers, exchanges, ECNs and ATSs, plus alternative pools of liquidity; real-time market data, news, analytics and risk management tools. Used by institutions, broker-dealers and traders worldwide, RealTick EMS is supported by state-of-the-art global data centers and a redundant network for ultimate stability and resiliency. For more information, visit www.realtick.com.
*RealTick is a registered trademark of Townsend Analytics, Ltd.

About Nomura
Nomura is a leading financial services group and the preeminent Asian-based investment bank with worldwide reach. Nomura provides a broad range of innovative solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in over 30 countries. Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura employs about 26,000 staff worldwide. Nomura's unique understanding of Asia enables the company to make a difference for clients through five business divisions: retail, global markets, investment banking, merchant banking, and asset management. For further information about
Nomura, please visit www.nomura.com.

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Rustam Lam, Director
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