据Takashi Nakamichi报道，花旗集团聘请了前野村控股公司的银行家Hajime Higuchi担任日本地区的并购负责人，旨在加强该国的业务拓展。
By Takashi Nakamichi Citigroup Inc. hired former Nomura Holdings Inc. banker Hajime Higuchi as head of mergers and acquisitions for Japan, as the Wall Street bank seeks to boost its dealmaking business in the nation.
Higuchi于周四开始在花旗集团东京证券子公司任职，这一任命得到了彭博新闻的证实。他最近担任野村银行的国际并购负责人。
Higuchi joined Citigroup’s Tokyo-based securities subsidiary with his appointment effective Thursday, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg News and confirmed by a spokesperson. He was most recently international head of M&A at Nomura.
日本目前正处于并购热潮中，政府推动的企业治理改革促进了企业收购活动。
Japan has been going through a dealmaking boom, with government-led corporate governance reforms fueling takeovers.
作为该业务部门的负责人，花旗集团日本全球市场公司的收入去年增长了14%，达到了至少十年来的最高水平，这主要得益于并购咨询业务的增长。
Revenue at Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc., as the unit is known, rose 14% last year to the highest level in at least a decade, helped by gains in merger advisory.
根据内部备忘录，Higuchi拥有超过30年的全球投资银行经验，他接替了之前担任日本投资银行业务赞助商负责人Yoshinobu Agu的职位。该职责涵盖金融赞助商以及基础设施和房地产基金等领域。
Higuchi has more than 30 years of investment banking experience around the world, according to the memo. He takes over the role held by Yoshinobu Agu, who has been appointed head of sponsor coverage for Japan investment banking. This coverage includes financial sponsors, as well as infrastructure and real estate funds.