Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited (Singapore)


Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited is a large advisory firm based in Singapore. It manages $14.9 billion of regulatory assets for 64 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001.

Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited provides portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited is $14.9 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 1115% since the beginning of its operation, and $14.89 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $14.75 billion in discretionary accounts and $155.19 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $245.76 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $38.8 million.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 94% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 2% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in non-investment grade corporate bonds form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Takafumi Sudo serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, state or municipal government entities, and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. The largest group of clients of Takafumi Sudo is pooled investment vehicles with 42 clients and $9.7 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited has the 3rd lowest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $14.9 billion for 64 clients. 99% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited

The company employs 56 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 48 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Takafumi Sudo has been acting as President since 1 Oct 2013. Takeshi Toyoshima joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Yoshimi Masuda Compliance officer 1 Jan 1997 Other 4679992
Ltd. Nomura Asset Management Co. Shareholder 1 Oct 1997 75% - 100% foreign
Limited Nomura Asset Management U.K. Shareholder 1 Oct 1997 Other foreign
Hirokazu Maki Director 1 Mar 2000 Other 1342481
Yoshimitsu Matsuki Managing director 1 Jul 2000 Other 322968
Shigeru Fujinuma Director 1 Jul 2000 Other 4679788
Koichi Suzuki Managing director 1 Apr 2002 Other 4556705
Noritada Ishikawa Chief executive officer, managing director 1 Apr 2003 Other 1030958
Kazuo Watanabe Director 1 Jul 2003 Other 723459
Yoshimi Masuda Chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2004 Other 4679992
Masahiro Umemori Managing director 1 Aug 2005 Other 4555233
Takashi Saruta Managing director 1 Jan 2008 Other 5470711
Norio Ambe Chairman (executive director) 1 May 2008 Other 5513350
Yoichi Suefuji Director 1 Aug 2008 Other 1515605
Norio Ambe Chairman (non-executive director) 1 Apr 2009 Other 5513350
Yugo Ishida Chairman (non-executive director) 1 Dec 2009 Other 5659391
Masashi Terachi Managing director 1 Apr 2010 Other 5780539
Yoichi Hyodo Executive director 1 Oct 2011 Other 5988365
Yasuhiro Yokota Managing director 1 Apr 2012 Other 5011005
Tamon Watanabe Chairman 1 May 2012 Other 4943550
Takafumi Sudo Director 1 Oct 2013 Other 6091340
Hiroyuki Nishikawa Chairman 1 Oct 2014 Other 1264810
Kenichi Suzuki Chief executive officer 1 Jun 2015 Other 6521028
Koji Oshima Director 1 Sep 2017 Other 6857485
Takeshi Toyoshima Chief executive officer, managing director 1 Aug 2018 Other 4667055

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Inc. (Formerly Named The Nomura Securities Co. Ltd.) Nomura Holdings Stockholder 1 Dec 1959 75% - 100% foreign
Ltd. The Nomura Securities Co. Stockholder 1 Dec 1959 75% - 100% foreign

Based in Singapore

The principal office where Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited performs its advisory services is located at 10 Marina Boulevard, Singapore, 018983, which is also the mailing address of the firm. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 65-6433-9088 or by fax 65-6433-9099. The normal business hours are 8:40 am to 5:20 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at nomura-am.co.jp/asia_oceania/singapore/.

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