Nomura Signs Partnership with Bocconi University

Nomura, the pre-eminent global investment bank, has signed an agreement with Bocconi University through which the Nomura chair of corporate finance has been created. The chair will be held by Maurizio Dallocchio, professor at Bocconi.

The agreement, signed by Bruno Pavesi, Bocconi's Chief Executive, and Yugo Ishida, President of Nomura for Europe, Asia (Japan excepted), and the Americas, foresees a collaboration aimed at supporting Bocconi's research into corporate finance, through international reports and publications, as well as seminars and workshops. By signing the agreement, Nomura will have preferential access to the CVs of the best students in corporate finance.

The agreement with Bocconi is the second signed by Nomura with a European academic institution, since it follows a similar sponsorship signed with Oxford University.

"Nomura has a strong culture of contributing to and supporting the sustainable growth of local communities," Yugo Ishida comments. "We are pleased to announce our support to Bocconi University and look forward to engaging with staff, faculty and students on a regular basis."

"The agreement is an important part of Bocconi's 2005-2015 strategic plan," says Pavesi, "aimed at positioning our University among the leading European institutions in higher education. This is Bocconi's fifth academic chair. It is on a strategic subject – corporate finance – just as were the previous ones, which have been devoted to energy, financial regulation, social entrepreneurship, and family-owned companies, respectively."

"Being an international research-oriented university, as Bocconi aims to be, requires important investments", reminds Guido Tabellini, Rector of Bocconi University. "Fundraising and agreements with solid institutions as Nomura are crucial in order to achieve this."

"The restructuring of financial markets linked with the partial loss of credibility of financial instruments and the quantitative models behind them are causing a scrutiny of the existing views, organizational structures and operational systems in corporate finance," says Dallocchio. "In such context, it is fundamental for a chair in corporate finance to develop strong relationships with students and scientific institutions all over the world."