Our Company

We are one of Asia’s largest asset managers, providing high-conviction, active fund management across a range of Equity, Fixed Income and Multi-Asset strategies. Our complementary range of passive strategies covers more than 20 indices and includes some of Asia’s largest exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

We approach everything we do with an entrepreneurial mindset. This enables us to think differently, transforming intelligent insights into innovative, relevant investment opportunities for our clients.

Our global investment teams have a strong appreciation for the unique characteristics of individual countries and sectors, helping them to cut through the noise to determine the real risks and opportunities. Using local market intelligence to unearth new ideas, they exploit these on-the-ground insights to build strong, dynamic portfolios for our clients.

We believe in partnering with our clients to build progressive investment solutions. In a world where one-size-fits-all solutions are no longer the answer, our ability to turn insights into opportunities sets us apart. Our understanding of both our clients and the drivers of investment markets underpins the innovation and relevance of the solutions we develop.

Nikko AM New Zealand

As a dedicated global investment manager in New Zealand, we’re committed to providing the best of both New Zealand and the world to investors. We partner local knowledge and experience with significant global resources, delivering cutting edge investment perspectives, risk analysis, financial support and business infrastructure. Nikko AM NZ is based in Auckland.

What we do

We’re solely in the business of investment management. Nikko AM NZ actively manages over NZ$5 billion* of investments for corporate superannuation schemes, community trusts, charitable trusts, foundations, financial planners, banks, insurance companies, KiwiSaver Schemes, corporations, other fund managers and retail investors through platforms.

We manage domestic assets (equities, fixed interest and cash) through our Auckland-based investment team and employ carefully selected offshore managers to manage global assets (global equities, global bonds and alternative investments). We also offer socially responsible funds and embrace the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.

How we manage money

We’ve developed an investment-focused, intelligent and collegiate team environment. Our investment philosophy is driven by high conviction ideas and fresh perspectives, supported by rigorous research and analysis.

As an active investment manager, we have a medium-term focus that uses our fundamental research and information advantage to add value. We specialise in investment management and operate within the controlled risk environment of a specialist global investment manager.

Experience counts

Our investment professionals have an average of over 17 years' investment experience. The collective experience has contributed to sound investment processes that have been enhanced with the knowledge gained from changing market conditions.

We’ve been able to attract and retain some of the best talent in the industry and today enjoys the benefit of a dedicated New Zealand investment management team with experts that have been together for over a decade.

Global Assets

We’ve developed a rigorous selection process to appoint world class investment specialists to manage global assets and has grown successful, long-standing relationships with offshore managers spanning many years. We look to identify managers who are best of breed, institutional-calibre and who are aligned with our investment philosophy.

Governance and Controls

We operate within a strong governance framework and consider our fiduciary responsibilities of upmost importance. Nikko AM provides global resources, systems, policies and procedures, while the New Zealand business is overseen by an experienced Board and Investment Committee.

Strong governance is a feature that we search for when investing in companies, in particular suitable corporate governance structures which offer transparency and investment ownership protection. We recognise that we have an obligation to promote Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices among companies in which investments are held on our investors' behalf.

Nikko AM NZ is supervised by Public Trust - a statutory corporation and Crown Entity.

* As at 31 December 2018

Nikko Securities Investment Trust and Management Co., Ltd. Established December 1959				Nikko International Capital Management Co., Ltd. Established September 1981
Tokyo office opens		1959
First investment trust launches the Nikko Bond Fund		1961
		1981		Tokyo office opens
New York office opens		1984
London office opens		1987		Registers as investment adviser and becomes licensed for discretionary asset management
Singapore office opens		1990		Company enters corporate pension fund market

Nikko Securities Investment Trust & Management Co., Ltd. and Nikko International Capital Management Co., Ltd. merge
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko AM) Established April 1999
1999		Launches first SRI fund in Japan*1
2000		Signs the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Statement by Financial Institutions on Environmental & Sustainable Development, in line with Nikko AM's approach to responsible investment
2001		Launches Japan's first investment in-kind ETF (Nikkei 225 index tracker)*1
2003		Becomes first Japanese asset manager to gain Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) status in China*1
2005		Launches world's first China A Shares Equity fund outside of China*2 Wins Reuters' Lipper Award for Best Fund Group — the first of many industry awards
2007		Invests in Chinese asset manager Rongtong Fund Management Co., Ltd., holding 40% in a joint venture partnership
2008		Launches Nikko AM Fund Academy to provide investment education to distributors and investors
2009		Welcomes new major shareholder, Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
2010		Launches world's first fund investing in World Bank Green Bonds*1
2011		Completes acquisition of Tyndall Investments, gaining strong foothold in Australia and New Zealand Completes acquisition of DBS Asset Management; renames company Nikko Asset Management Asia Limited and merges operations with Nikko Asset Management Singapore Limited. Stakes in Malaysian Hwang Investment Management Berhad and AIIMAN Asset Management Sdn Bhd are part of the deal Signs strategic alliance with DBS Bank; strengthens investment team and expands distribution coverage.
2013		Exceeds 15 trillion yen in AUM Acquires an Asian Equities team
2014		One of the first asset managers in Singapore to be awarded RQFII, and launched Singapore’s first Chinese onshore bond fund*1 Hires a Global Equities team Launches Multi-Asset capability Aligns Tyndall brand names in Australia and New Zealand with the firm’s global name, Nikko Asset Management
2015		Eurasia Group, Nikko Asset Management Pair Strengths in Emerging Markets Investments Launches Japan's first Robotics Equity fund*1
2017		Launches its first ETF outside of Japan on the SGX, and Singapore's first Asia ex Japan REIT ETF*1 Partners with ARK Invest for Disruptive Innovation Investment Solutions

*1 Based on Nikko Asset Management's research
*2 Except for mutual funds launched in Mainland China (based on Nikko Asset Management's research)

Executive Management

	Junichi Sayato Executive Chairman & Co-CEO Junichi Sayato joined Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. as Representative Director and Executive Deputy President in June 2015, and assumed his current position in April 2019. He mainly oversees corporate and supporting functions. He is also in charge of asset management along with Hideo Abe, President & Co-CEO. Read more Before joining Nikko Asset Management, Junichi Sayato most recently served as Representative Director and President of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust General Service Co., Ltd. He previously held the position of President at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Research Institute Co., Ltd., and also oversaw IR at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. as Director and Managing Executive Officer. At the former Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (now Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd.), he oversaw finance, ALM, operations, IT, compliance, and CS as Director and Managing Executive Officer. Before that, he served as Executive Officer and Regional Executive for the Americas at the same bank, as well as General Manager of the New York Branch and General Manager of the Risk Management Department. He has over 13 years of extensive experience in working outside of Japan, namely in London, New York and Washington D.C. He graduated from the School of Law at Kyoto University in March 1978 and received his Master's degree from the London School of Economics (Department of Economics, International Relations Major) in August 1982.
	Hideo Abe President & Co-CEO Hideo Abe joined Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. as Executive Vice Chairman in October 2013. He was also named Director in April 2014, and assumed his current position in April 2019. Read more Mr. Abe was most recently at Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd., where he served as director and deputy president for five years from 2008 to 2013. Prior to Mizuho Securities, he was a board member and CEO at Nikko Citigroup for four years. During the course of his career at Nikko Cordial Securities and its forerunner company, Nikko Securities (now SMBC Nikko Securities), he held various important offices such as senior managing director for Nikko Cordial Securities, as well as being a board member and executive officer for Nikko Cordial Group. In these roles, he was a leader in business and product planning, marketing, fixed income trading and capital markets. Mr. Abe is a veteran financier who has been in the industry since 1977. From 1987 to 1995, he was assigned to the London-based Nikko Europe. He is a graduate of Keio University’s School of Literature.
	Yu-Ming Wang Deputy President, Global Head of Investment & CIO, International Yu-Ming Wang has a wealth of experience in the asset management industry with a notable track record particularly in managing global fixed income. Read more Yu-Ming Wang is responsible for overseeing Nikko Asset Management's investment teams, comprising more than 200 seasoned professionals spanning four continents and seven locations (Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Auckland, Hong Kong, London and New York) and covering all global markets and asset classes. Joining Nikko Asset Management as International CIO in January 2013, Yu-Ming assumed the additional position of Deputy President in April 2014. Based in Asia since 2007, Yu-Ming was previously Head of Fixed Income at Manulife Asset Management (Hong Kong). Prior to that, he worked at Wachovia Bank for nine years in senior roles in the capital markets division in New York, before moving to Hong Kong to head the global markets business for the Asian region. Yu-Ming earned his bachelor's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MBA from New York University. He is a US national and fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Global Non-Executive Chariman

Yoichiro Iwama Outside Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Iwama holds a wealth of managerial experience in asset management in Japan, encompassing a broad range of senior roles, including most recently President & CEO of Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd. until 2010. He also acted as Chairman of the Japan Securities Investment Advisers Association for seven years from June 2010, the self-regulatory body for the industry in Japan. In this role, he displayed strong leadership in heightening stewardship at asset managers and corporate governance at invested companies.

Regional Executives

	Eleanor Seet Head of Asia and President, Nikko Asset Management Asia Limited Eleanor joined Nikko Asset Management Asia in 2011 as president. She is responsible for driving the growth of Nikko Asset Management Asia. She has spent her entire career in the asset management industry and has a strong background in sales and marketing of investment products. Read more Previously, she held the role of senior director for iShares, Private Wealth Distribution, Asia ex-Japan from 2009. Prior to that, she spent 12 years at AllianceBernstein, where she was responsible for building and developing the firm distribution channels and business. She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
	Sam Hallinan Managing Director, Nikko Asset Management Australia Limited Sam Hallinan joined Nikko Asset Management as Managing Director, Australia on April 1, 2015. Read more Sam most recently was General Manager, Investment Management at NAB Asset Management while also serving as Director of Antares Capital Partners Limited, which is affiliated with NAB Asset Management. Sam has a 20-year career in Australian financial services focusing on asset management, strategy, sales and organisational culture. At NAB, he held leadership roles in retail and institutional product and sales leadership roles for the asset management and investment platform divisions.
	George Carter Managing Director, Nikko Asset Management New Zealand Limited George Carter joined Nikko Asset Management New Zealand as the Managing Director in November 2015. He has 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. Read more George was previously head of distribution and a director at AMP Capital, a role he held for six years with responsibility for proactively engaging with and managing the business's external relationships. Prior to that, he worked as a consulting actuary advising institutional clients on pensions, investments assets and liabilities in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He holds an honours degree in Theology from the University of Durham and is a Fellow of both the Institute of Actuaries and the New Zealand Society of Actuaries.
	John Howland-Jackson Chief Executive Officer, Nikko Asset Management Europe Limited John joined Nikko Asset Management in October 2014, initially as an advisor to senior management on business development opportunities in Europe and the Middle East. Read more After joining the Nikko Asset Management Europe (NAME) board in 2016 as Non-Executive Director and Chairman, he was appointed Chief Executive of the company on 1 January 2018. John is responsible for all aspects of Nikko AM’s business across the EMEA region and its continuing growth strategy. Prior to joining Nikko AM, John was a career banker holding senior executive positions in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia with a number of leading financial institutions, including JP Morgan, Nomura Securities, the NatWest Group and latterly the ING Group. John holds a BA in Jurisprudence (Law) from Oxford University and is a qualified Barrister-at-Law.
	Fred DeSerio Country Head and Senior Managing Director, Nikko Asset Management Americas Fred DeSerio joined Nikko Asset Management in January 2015 as head of sales in the United States. Read more Shortly after he was promoted to the position of country head and senior managing director. He is upgrading the region's business development capabilities as Nikko Asset Management looks to expand not only in the United States but across North and South America. Prior to joining the company he was a managing director at Invesco where he started working in 2002. Prior to Invesco, he worked for firms including Smith Barney, American International Group and Segal Advisors.
	Yasuaki Ogiwara President, Nikko Asset Management Hong Kong Limited Yasuaki Ogiwara joined Nikko Asset Management in April 2015 and is the president of Nikko Asset Management Hong Kong Limited. Read more He is responsible for supporting the company's delivery of integrated solutions to investors throughout Asia. He is a veteran financier. Prior to joining Nikko Asset Management he was the president of Nomura Asset Management in Hong Kong. He has also headed sales and business development in multiple markets during his tenure at Nomura Securities, including Taiwan and Europe.

Nikko Asset Management Affiliates Key Executives

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Allen Yan Deputy CEO, Rongtong Fund Management Mr. Yan joined Rongtong Global Investment Limited as CEO in 2013. He has been serving as a deputy CEO of Rongtong Fund Management Co. since 2011. Read more From March 2008 to 2011, Allen was co-head of strategy and financial planning of Nikko AM. He was head of financial planning and analysis from 2006 to 2008. Prior to joining Nikko AM, he had been with Fidelity Investments Japan since 2001. There he was in the finance division, responsible for business planning and financial analysis for Fidelity Investments Japan and subsequently Fidelity Investments Asia. He earned his BA in Economics at the University of Chicago and his Master of Commerce and Management at Hitotsubashi University in Japan. He holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

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Teng Chee Wai Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, Affin Hwang Asset Management Berhad Teng is the founder of Affin Hwang Asset Management. Over the past decade, he has built the Company to be the fastest growing and only independent investment management house in Malaysia's top five, with an excess of RM 30 billion in assets under management. Read more In his capacity as Managing Director, Teng manages the overall business and strategic direction as well as the management of the investment team. His 'hands on approach' sees him actively involved in investments, product development and marketing. Teng's critical leadership and regular participation in reviewing and assessing strategies and performance has been pivotal in allowing the Company to successfully navigate the economically turbulent decade. Teng's investment management experience spans more than 20 years, and his key area of expertise is in managing absolute return mandates for insurance assets and investment- linked funds in both Singapore and Malaysia. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Assistant General Manager (Investment) of Overseas Assurance Corporation (OAC) and was responsible for the investment function of the Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd Group. Teng's began his career in the financial industry as an Investment Manager with NTUC Income, Singapore. He is a Bachelor of Science graduate from the National University of Singapore and has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Actuarial Studies from City University London.

Nikko AM's range of specialist Asian equity, fixed income and ETF investment products have been singled out for distinction by consultants and financial media across the globe. We appreciate this recognition and strive to remain the leading Asia-based asset management company, by delivering consistent outperformance and high quality client service.

Asia Asset Management — 2015, 2016, 2018

AsianInvestor Awards — 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017

The Asset ETF Awards — 2017

ETF Express Awards — 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Global Investor/isf Award for Investment Excellence — 2010

Lipper Fund Awards (Japan) — 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Lipper Fund Awards (UK) — 2010

Morningstar "Fund of the Year" Awards — 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

R&I Fund Award — 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

TBLI ESG Leaders Awards — 2010

Our subsidiaries and affiliates have also been recognised through industry accolades.

• Nikko AM Asia (Singapore): http://nikkoam.com.sg/about-us/awards
• Nikko AM Australia: http://www.nikkoam.com.au/about/awards
• Affin Hwang AM: http://www.affinhwangam.com/
• Rongtong: http://www.rtfund.com/main/About/Overview/index.shtml

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While Nikko Asset Management has over half a century of experience in the marketplace, we have an entrepreneurial culture that is building strong global investment capability in equity, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives.

Headquartered in Asia for 55+ years, the firm represents more than 200 investment professionals and over 30 nationalities across 9 countries. More than 300 banks, brokers, financial advisors and life insurance companies around the world distribute the company’s products.

Our talent strategy is to recruit and retain the performance-driven leaders and technical specialists who are experts locally, think globally, and can help us expand quickly in this growing industry.

Our philosophy in developing human capital is to hire the right people, execute powerfully on the basics of performance management and rewards, and ensure leadership is driving a leaders-building-leaders culture in order to ensure that the right behaviours are being modelled for managers and other future leaders.

Leaders and managers are encouraged to discuss the career aspirations of all employees, and to use their experience and resources to work with their team members to identify creative development opportunities that will stretch, in particular, our mission critical as well as our high potential leadership talent.

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