Press Releases

Nikko AM Recognised in Two Categories in Asia Asset Management’s 2019 Best of the Best Awards

Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) has been recognised across two categories in Asia Asset Management’s 2019 Best of the Best Awards. Asia Asset Management, The Journal of Investments and Pensions, has acknowledged Nikko AM in Japan as Best Institutional House, for the third year running, and for the first time ever, Singapore ETF Manager of the Year. This is the sixth consecutive year for Nikko AM to be honored by Asia Asset Management.

Nikko Asset Management Bolsters UK Business Development

Nikko Asset Management (“Nikko AM”) has appointed Clive Paine as UK Business Development Director to further strengthen its European sales function.

Nikko Asset Management Commits to Support the Japan-British Society

Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“Nikko AM”) today announces its support for the Japan-British Society, General Incorporated Association (“the Japan-British Society”). This is initially through a JPY 1 million donation towards planting and maintaining 1,000 cherry trees across parks in the United Kingdom, as a symbol of bilateral friendship between Japan and the UK.

Nikko Asset Management Supports The Investor Agenda

Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“Nikko AM”) today announces its support for efforts towards commitment to the four areas of impact (Investor disclosure; Corporate engagement; Policy advocacy; Investment) under The Investor Agenda, for the global investor community to address climate change.

Nikko Asset Management and ARK Investment Management launch disruptive innovation UCITS fund

Nikko Asset Management (“Nikko AM”) and US-based ARK Investment Management LLC (“ARK”) have today announced the launch of a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS, the Nikko AM ARK Disruptive Innovation Fund (the “Fund”), a global equity fund solely focused on disruptive innovation.

Nikko Asset Management Establishes Corporate Sustainability Department

Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. today announces the establishment of its Corporate Sustainability Department, bolstering its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments both in the way in which it manages itself and how it approaches investing.

Nikko Asset Management Expands Green Bond Capability

Nikko Asset Management (“Nikko AM”) today announces the expansion of its global green bond capability to include a wider investment universe of Sovereign, Supranational and Agency (SSA) green bonds.

Change in Officers

Nikko Asset Management Appoints Mari Yamauchi as Outside Director

At an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“Nikko AM”) has confirmed the appointment of Mari Yamauchi as Outside Director.

Nikko AM to List Yen-Hedged ETF Linked to S&P 500 Index

Nikko Asset Management today announces a new exchange traded fund (ETF) linked to the S&P 500 Index with a currency hedge for the yen.

Nikko AM extends and deepens bench strength in China equity

Nikko Asset Management today announces that it has augmented its China Equity capability with additional resource based in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

Nikko AM commits to Women’s Empowerment Principles

Nikko Asset Management today announces that it has signed a statement of support for the Women’s Empowerment Principles. Produced and disseminated by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and the United Nations Global Compact, the Principles present seven steps that business and other sectors can take to advance and empower women.

Nikko Asset Management Appoints Yoichiro Iwama as Outside Director

At its Board of Directors meeting today, Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. ("Nikko AM") confirmed the appointment of Yoichiro Iwama as Outside Director. When he assumes the role, he is also to be appointed Chairman of the Firm's Board of Directors, effective 15 May.

Nikko Asset Management Recognised as Best Asia Pacific Equity ETF Manager

Nikko Asset Management today announces that it has been voted the Best Asia Pacific Equity ETF Manager for the seventh time in eight years in a survey conducted by ETF Express, the digital news publisher serving institutional investors and investment advisers.

Nikko Asset Management Appoints Head of Marketing - International

Nikko Asset Management today announces that Head of Marketing, Asia ex-Japan & The Americas Joyce Koh is as of 1 March 2018 appointed Head of Marketing - International. Based in Singapore, in this newly created role she continues to report to Tokyo-based Joint Global Head of Product & Marketing, and Head of Marketing and Communications, Stefanie Drews, and her scope expands to include responsibility for all aspects of the Firm’s marketing worldwide, ex-Japan.

Nikko AM Recognised in Three Categories in Asia Asset Management’s 2018 Best of the Best Awards

Nikko Asset Management has been recognised across three categories in Asia Asset Management’s 2018 Best of the Best Awards. Asia Asset Management, The Journal of Investments and Pensions, has acknowledged Nikko AM in Japan as Best Institutional House and ETF Manager of the Year, both for the second year running, and for the first time as Asia Region ETF Manager of the Year. This is the fifth consecutive year for Nikko AM to be honored by Asia Asset Management.

Nikko Asset Management and Japan for UNHCR Partner to Support Refugee Children

Nikko Asset Management ("Nikko AM") today announces a partnership with Japan for UNHCR, a national partner of UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency), whereby Nikko AM globally supports funding towards school supplies and textbooks, access to schools, and extracurricular and classroom facilities through the UNHCR Educate A Child (EAC) programme.

Nikko Asset Management Announces Senior Appointments

Nikko Asset Management today announces that Nikko Asset Management Europe Ltd Chairman John Howland-Jackson is as of 1 January 2018 additionally appointed EMEA CEO (subject to Financial Conduct Authority approval).

Nikko Asset Management Enhances Governance, with Full Disclosure of its Voting Results

Nikko Asset Management today announces its commitment to disclose the results of individual voting in the companies in which it invests at shareholder meetings, in accordance with the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors set forth in Japan’s Stewardship Code.

Nikko Asset Management Adds Depth to Global Equity Team

Nikko Asset Management (“Nikko AM”) has appointed Jeremy Hall as Investment Director – Global Equity. In this role, he will be a portfolio manager within the Nikko AM Global Equity team based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Nikko Asset Management and ARK Invest Partner for Disruptive Innovation Investment Solutions

Nikko Asset Management today announces that it is enhancing its disruptive innovation focused investment solutions by acquiring a minority stake in ARK Investment Management LLC (“ARK”). In this partnership Nikko AM will obtain exclusivity in select Asian geographies to offer ARK products and investment strategies and its investment team intends to continue working closely with ARK’s disruptive innovation focused analysts.

Nikko Asset Management Maintains Overweight Stance on Global Equities

Nikko Asset Management’s (“Nikko AM”) Global Investment Committee (GIC) maintains its bullish stance on global equities despite geopolitical uncertainty in its latest House View, due to increasing confidence in economic growth amongst consumers and corporations in much of the developed world.

Nikko Asset Management recognised as Japan's Fund House of the Year

AsianInvestor has recognised Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) as Japan's 2017 Fund House of the Year for generating strong returns in Japan's negative interest rate environment. This is the sixth time in seven years that the firm has won the award*. Nikko AM's actively managed Japanese equity strategies demonstrated a record of investment excellence that drove growth in assets under management (AUM) throughout 2016.

Nikko Asset Management Adds Emerging Markets UCITS to its Multi Asset Range

Nikko Asset Management (“Nikko AM”) today announces the launch of its Emerging Markets Multi Asset UCITS Fund (the “Fund”), managed by Senior Portfolio Manager Rob Samson. Through Nikko AM’s partnership with geopolitical risk research and consulting firm Eurasia Group, the Fund uniquely integrates political insight and analysis in its robust investment approach, combining quantitative rigour with qualitative insights.

Nikko Asset Management Maintains Overweight Stance on Global Equities, Expects Rise in Global Bond Yields

Nikko Asset Management’s (Nikko AM) Global Investment Committee (GIC) maintains its bullish stance on global equities, particularly for the United States and the Developed Pacific ex-Japan region in its latest house view, due to increasing confidence in economic growth by consumers and corporations in much of the developed world. The GIC also maintains a moderately underweight stance on global bonds, as yields are expected to maintain a gradual rise.

Nikko Asset Management Recognised as Best Asia Pacific Equity ETF Manager

Nikko Asset Management today announces that it has been voted the Best Asia Pacific Equity ETF Manager for the seventh time in eight years in a survey conducted by ETF Express, the digital news publisher serving institutional investors and investment advisers.

Nikko Asset Management Upgrades View on Global Equities to Overweight, Bullish on the U.S. Dollar

Nikko Asset Management’s Global Investment Committee has lifted its view on global equities to overweight and is bullish on the U.S. dollar in its latest house view, due to stronger prospects for the global economy with the election of Donald Trump as U.S. President and expectations of a hawkish monetary policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Nikko Asset Management Adds Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund to its UCITS Line-Up

Nikko Asset Management today announces the launch of its Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond UCITS Fund. In an historically low yield environment, the Fund provides an income solution by leveraging the expertise of the firm’s experienced emerging market investment teams.

Nikko Asset Management Bullish on Japan and Developed Asia-Pacific Equities

Nikko Asset Management's Global Investment Committee is positive on Japanese and developed Asia-Pacific equities over the next six months, but maintains a slightly underweight stance on global equities amid continued sluggish global growth.

Nikko Asset Management Adds Global Credit Fund to its UCITS Line-Up

Nikko Asset Management is launching a Luxembourg domiciled Global Credit UCITS fund on 3rd August 2016. The fund is managed by Head Portfolio Manager - Global Credit, Holger Mertens and supported by its experienced Global Credit teams based in London, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Auckland and New York.

Nikko Asset Management’s Economic Forecast Moderately Shifts Down Following BREXIT

Despite the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, the Global Investment Committee has noted that it does not think economies or risk markets will crash, but added that it is hard to be enthusiastic about the prospects for the post-BREXIT world over the next few quarters.