Nomura Holdings Inc. is pushing deeper into bullion trading amid a wave of investor interest, with former Standard Chartered Plc precious metals trader Aleksander Ganchev joining to lead its efforts.
It’s the first in a series of hires the firm plans to make in the coming months, David Leigh, head of foreign exchange and emerging markets at Nomura, said in an interview. The Japanese bank’s currency trading desk has been active in gold options trading for over two decades, and is now looking to start trading gold and silver futures, possibly followed by silver options at a later date.
