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Press Releases
July 2018
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.
June 2018
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.
April 2018
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.
March 2018
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.
February 2018
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.
November 2017
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).
August 2017
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.
June 2017
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.
April 2017
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.
March 2017
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.
December 2016
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.
October 2016
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.
August 2016
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.
June 2016
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.
May 2016
"Nikko Asset Management’s Global Fixed Income team, based in London, has secured a series of Japanese institutional mandates for the firm, further positioning the asset manager as a pioneer in the Japanese institutional space."
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"Nikko Asset Management is launching an ETF that tracks a Japanese equity index consisting of firms that take proactive and efficient measures with their investment in capital expenditure and human capital. The ETF will be launched on May 24 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on May 25."
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April 2016
"A cautious outlook for U.S. equities has led Nikko Asset Management’s Global Investment Committee (GIC) to revise its stance on global equities to neutral from moderately overweight. However, the GIC was positive on Japanese and developed Asia-Pacific ex-Japan equities, the Tokyo-headquartered asset manager’s latest house view showed."
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March 2016
"Nikko Asset Management was voted as the Best Asia Pacific Equity ETF Manager for the sixth time in seven years in a survey conducted by ETF Express, an industry-leading financial publisher, the Tokyo-headquartered asset manager announced today."
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"Nikko Asset Management has appointed Mark de Vries as Chief Risk Management Officer with responsibility for the governance of risk and related opportunities, encompassing Investment Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management, the Tokyo-headquartered asset manager announced today."
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February 2016
"Nikko Asset Management has appointed Udo von Werne as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nikko Asset Management Europe, encompassing Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), the company announced today."
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"Nikko Asset Management has appointed Raphael Marechal as senior portfolio manager, global Emerging Markets. Raphael has joined the Global Fixed Income team and will be based in London. Raphael brings nearly 20 years’ experience managing Emerging Market debt and joins Nikko Asset Management from BlackRock in London where he was a senior member with the Emerging Markets team."
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