Invest in 3 Nomura Mutual Funds for Long-Term Growth

Nomura Asset Management is the investment management arm of Nomura Group with approximately $860 billion in assets under management. It offers a wide range of mutual funds, including equity, fixed income and multi-asset strategies as well as private credit investments. The firm provides investment management services to wealth management and institutional clients worldwide, employing fundamental research, disciplined risk management and seasoned investment professionals to manage its actively managed investment strategies in pursuit of risk-adjusted returns across various markets.

We have picked three Nomura mutual funds — Nomura Emerging Markets DEMCX, Optimum Large Cap Growth OCLGX and Nomura Floating Rate DDFCX — which investors should buy now for the long term. These funds have a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or Rank 2 (Buy), with positive three-year and five-year annualized returns, minimum initial investments within $5000 and expense ratios considerably lower than the category average. So, these funds have provided comparatively stronger performance and carry a lower fee. 

Nomura Emerging Markets fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. DEMCX invests primarily in equity securities of issuers located or operating in emerging countries. 

Liu-Er Chen has been the lead manager of DEMCX since Sept. 25, 2006. Most of the fund’s holdings were in companies such as SK Square Co., Ltd. (29.5%), SK hynix Inc. (18.6%) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (3.3%) as of May 31, 2026. 

DEMCX’s 3-year and 5-year annualized returns are 58.5% and 24.7%, respectively. Its net expense ratio is 2.16%. DEMCX has a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1.             

To see how this fund performed compared to its category, and other 1 (Strong Buy) and 2 Ranked Mutual Funds, please click here. 

Optimum Large Cap Growth fund seeks long-term growth of capital. OCLGX invests its net assets in securities of large market capitalization companies.

Jeffrey R. Bourke has been the lead manager of OCLGX since July 18, 2022. Most of the fund’s holdings were in companies such as NVIDIA Corp (14.5%), Apple Inc. (10.5%) and Microsoft Corp (7.1%) as of March 31, 2026.  

OCLGX’s 3-year and 5-year annualized returns are 19.6% and 7.7%, respectively. Its net expense ratio is 1.95%. OCLGX has a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1.              

Nomura Floating Rate fund invests most of its assets in floating-rate loans and other floating-rate debt securities, with allocations across fixed-income sectors determined by economic and market conditions and the manager’s assessment of their return potential.