PRESS RELEASE
14 MAY 2020

NIKKO ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Nikko AM Wins Best Fund House, JapanA category of AsianInvestor’s Asset Management Awards 2020
On 4 May, Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) was announced as the Best Fund House, Japan in the 2020
Asset Management Awards by AsianInvestor, one of the region’s leading industry publications about theasset management industry. 2020 marks the seventh time in 10 years that the firm has won this award,
which recognises various aspects of an asset manager’s business in the country1, including performance 2,
AUM growth (+18% year on year3), innovation and new products and solutions.
Nikko AM Executive Vice President and Global CIO Hiroki Tsujimura commented, “AsianInvestor is very
influential among our global clients, and we are honoured they have named Nikko AM as Best Fund House
for Japan. Our global capabilities allow us to develop our main products in-house, with expertise anddiversity across offices in 11 countries, including Singapore, London, Edinburgh, New York, Sydney andAuckland. Our Asian DNA also makes us uniquely positioned to offer investors in Japan and around theworld with actively-managed Japanese equity strategies, with many outperforming their benchmarks2.”
Financial institutions including pension funds around the world continue to experience negative or very
low interest rates, and often look outside their own countries to generate revenue. As a global asset
manager, Nikko AM’s institutional sales departments provided solutions tailored to their specific needs,
with Danish Covered Bonds, RMB Bonds, and a newly reformed Global Multi-Asset team being the leading
contributors to Japan institutional AUM growth during the award period1. Furthermore, Nikko AM
welcomes institutional investors to train at its global offices, including Tokyo and Singapore. Thesecapabilities and trainings are available to institutional investors outside Japan as well.
Meanwhile, Nikko AM demonstrated its innovation through the launch of two new hit products during theaward period1. The first is a leveraged, balanced fund, which combines diversification (equities, bonds andREIT) and futures for triple the amount of capital – a paradigm shift that remains a hit in the Japanesemarket with an AUM of JPY567.7 billion as of 30 April 2020. The other is a new fund sub-advised by Nikko
Asset Management Americas Inc. based on research by New York based ARK Investment Management LLC.
The fund invests in equities of global companies involved in disruptive innovation, and achieved an initiallaunch amount of JPY113.5 billion, the largest of any fund in Japan in the last six years4, and grew toJPY335.7 billion as of 30 April 2020.
During the award period1, Nikko AM hosted a number of programmes to deliver the latest information andinsights to institutional investors around the world, most notably through the branded series of events
called FOREWORD, hosted in Tokyo, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
AsianInvestor designated the award period as Q4 2018 to January 2020.
This award is based on past performance, which is neither an indication nor guarantee of future performance.
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AUM growth managed out of Nikko AM in Japan, excluding ETFs. Also excludes AUM managed by Nikko AM international offices.
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As of 28 June, 20191
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Nikko AM has a fiduciary responsibility, and the company’s investment philosophy makes efforts to link
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors with excess returns. The diversity of its investment
teams has each of them take its own ESG approach to the investment process. The company constantly
improves these through innovation and sharing best practices, to offer clients performance, service andsustainability.
For more information about AsianInvestor, please visit its website.
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Purchase Application Fees:

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Up to 0.6%

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Some funds charge a performance fee based on investment performance, etc.

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With US$246.5 billion* under management, Nikko Asset Management is one of Asia’s largest asset managers, providing
high-conviction, active fund management across a range of Equity, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset and Alternative strategies.
In addition, its complementary range of passive strategies covers more than 20 indices and includes some of Asia’s
largest exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Headquartered in Asia since 1959, the firm represents approximately 200** investment professionals andapproximately 30 nationalities across 11 countries. More than 400 banks, brokers, financial advisors and life insurancecompanies around the world distribute the company’s products.
The investment teams benefit from a unique global perspective complemented by the firm's historic Asian DNA,striving to deliver consistent excellence in performance. The firm also prides itself on its progressive solution-driven
approach, which has led to many innovative funds launched for its clients.
For more information about Nikko Asset Management and to access its investment insights, please visit the firm’s
homepage.
* Consolidated assets under management and sub-advisory of Nikko Asset Management and its subsidiaries as of 31 December
2019.
** As of 31 December 2019, including employees of Nikko Asset Management and its subsidiaries.
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