Nomura International has added five securitisation professionals to its securitisation and asset finance group in London, run by Tariq Rafique.

Neil Basu and Olivier Defaux join as associate directors from ABN Amro, Rafique's last firm. Basu worked in the Dutch bank's securitisation group in London for four years, while Defaux was first in the bank's Amsterdam group and more recently country representative and head of loan products for ABN Amro Thailand.