Net income rose 2.7% from a year earlier to ¥73.9 billion in the three months ended March 31, Nomura Holdings said Friday. | BLOOMBERG Nomura Holdings cemented a second straight year of record profit, fueled by Japan’s financial-market recovery, even after fourth-quarter results missed analysts’ expectations. Net income rose 2.7% from a year earlier to ¥73.9 billion ($463 million) in the three months ended March 31, the Tokyo-based company said Friday. That missed the ¥98.9 billion average of four analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg News. Full-year profit hit an all-time high of ¥362.1 billion. Japan’s biggest brokerage has been benefiting from volatile global markets and a boom in investing and dealmaking at home. The coming quarters may provide a test for Chief Executive Officer Kentaro Okuda as the Middle East conflict puts a strain on the global economy, while signs of stress in the $1.8 trillion private credit market cloud his push into alternative assets.…