Nippon Value Investors Kk (Tokyo)

Name: Nippon Value Investors Kk
Address: Marunouchi Trust Tower North 18 Th Floor, Tokyo, 100 0005
Telephone: 011-813-6551-2800

Nippon Value Investors Kk is a large advisory firm based in Tokyo. It manages $1.73 billion of regulatory assets for 5 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2006.

Nippon Value Investors Kk provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and research of japanese equity securities, portfolio advisory for investment company. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Nippon Value Investors Kk: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Nippon Value Investors Kk is $1.73 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 1512% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.25 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.73 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $345.24 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 98% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 2% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Nippon Value Investors Kk for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and fixed fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Nippon Value Investors Kk serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Nippon Value Investors Kk is pooled investment vehicles with 3 clients and $1.18 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Nippon Value Investors Kk has the 5th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.18 billion for 3 clients. 80% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Nippon Value Investors Kk also advises several private funds. Namely, one other private fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Nippon Value Investors Kk

The company employs 14 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 43 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 doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Yoshihiko Ito	Chairman, cio, director	1 Dec 2005	25% - 50%	5136211
Silchester Partners Limited	Shareholder	1 Dec 2005	75% - 100%	foreign
Silchester International Investors Ltd	Shareholder	1 Dec 2005	75% - 100%	110987
Shingo Kobayashi	Shareholder	1 Feb 2006	Other	5136213
Hisanori Kuroda	Shareholder	1 Feb 2006	Other	5136215
Yasushi Abe	Chief operating officer, director, secretary, chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2006	Other	5136216
Christopher Brann Cowie	Non-executive director	1 Mar 2006	Other	4383966
Yasumasa Ono	Shareholder	1 Oct 2006	Other	5259833
Takashi Nagaura	Chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2008	Other	5470321
Hisanori Kuroda	Shareholder, director	1 Jun 2008	Other	5136215
Yasushi Abe	Chief operating officer	1 Jun 2008	Other	5136216
Raymond K Cheung	Non-executive director	1 May 2011	Other	5072825
Yasumasa Ono	Shareholder, director	1 Sep 2013	Other	5259833
Lucy Anne Crawford	Non-executive director	1 May 2018	Other	6982465
Lucy Anna Crawford	Non-executive director	1 May 2018	Other	6982465
Shinichi Tanaka	Share holder, director	1 May 2019	Other	7147854

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Stephen Charles Butt	Chairman and director	1 Apr 1995	50% - 75%	1460494

Based in Tokyo

The principal office where Nippon Value Investors Kk performs its advisory services is located at Marunouchi Trust Tower North 18 Th Floor, Tokyo, 100 0005, 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 011-813-6551-2800 or by fax 011-813-6551-2801. The normal business hours are 09:00-18:00 on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at nippon-value.com/.