Nomura Asset Management recognized in InsuranceAsia News’s
Institutional Asset Management Awards 2022
Tokyo, May 18, 2022—Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (NAM), the core company within theInvestment Management Division of Nomura Group, today announced that it has received threeawards among 34 categories in the 2022 Institutional Asset Management Awards held by
InsuranceAsia News.
Award

Name of Winning Strategy

Best Japan Equities Manager

Japan Strategic Value

Smart Beta Solutions Provider

All Weather Factor Allocation Strategy

Best Emerging Markets Equity Manager

India Equities

According to Insurance Asia News the details of NAM’s awards are as follows: In the “Best Japan
Equities Manager” category, NAM’s Japan Strategic Value was recognized for its consistent longterm performance and for its unconstrained stock picking approach which consistently
outperformed its benchmark. Particularly, the strategy posted excellent performance through theend of December 2021. “Smart Beta Solutions Provider” was awarded for NAM’s All Weather
Factor Allocation Strategy for its effectiveness in reducing investor portfolio risk through its uniquerisk factor-based approach, which employs quantitative modelling and financial engineering.
Finally, in the “Best Emerging Markets Equity Manager” category, NAM’s India Equities strategy
was recognized for its sector and stock selection, which were the keys to the strategy’s success.
The fund’s focus on domestic real estate and technology sectors, as well as selection of IPOs,
gave the UCITS version of this fund a real edge in 2021.
InsuranceAsia News is a Hong Kong-based provider of leading-edge commentary, opinions, andin-depth interviews for Asia’s insurance market. The Institutional Asset Management Awards
recognize exceptional work done by asset managers on behalf of their insurance company clients.
This year marks the 5th year of the awards.
NAM will continue striving to improve investment performance and deliver the most competitive
products and services to both domestic and overseas investors, with the aim of becoming Japan’s
leading investment company chosen by clients around the world.
[About the Institutional Asset Management Awards]
https://insuranceasianews.com/awards/institutional-asset-management-awards-2022/

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