Nomura has appointed Jim McCormick as head of Fixed Income Research, EMEA. He will be responsible for all fixed income research activities in the region including economics, dedicated product strategies and portfolio solutions for clients.

Mr. McCormick joins from Citigroup where he was global head of FX and local markets strategy. Prior to that, he worked at Lehman Brothers for seven years, first as head of FX and emerging markets strategy and later as co-head of global liquid markets strategy.

Georges Assi and Kieran Higgins, co-heads of Nomura Fixed Income, EMEA said: Jim will lead the delivery of our fixed income research to clients, in partnership with sales, structuring and trading. Under his leadership, we are confident that Nomura’s Fixed Income research franchise will be recognised as a thought leader and the principal provider of insightful and high quality research.