Asset Management One Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)


Asset Management One Co., Ltd. is a large advisory firm based in Tokyo. It manages $448.68 billion of regulatory assets for 1,938 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2016.

Asset Management One Co. provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, selection of other advisers, and japanese-registered unit trusts and mutual funds as well as private funds. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm also engages as public and private investmernt trusts.

Asset Management One Co.: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Asset Management One Co., Ltd. is $448.68 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 159% since the beginning of its operation, and $448.68 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $448.68 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $231.52 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 55% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is sovereign bonds, which make up 23% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in government bonds form 7% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Asset Management One Co., Ltd. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based 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 Asset Management One Co. serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, charitable organizations, other investment advisers, pooled investment vehicles, banking or thrift institutions, 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 Asset Management One Co. is state or municipal government entities with 9 clients and $210.02 billion of assets under management. Among the 13 most similar advisory firms, Asset Management One Co. has the 2nd highest percentage of state or municipal government entities out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $448.68 billion for 1,587 clients. 99% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Asset Management One Co. doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Asset Management One Co., Ltd.

The company employs 945 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 27 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 receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Inc. Dai Ichi Life Holdings Direct owner 1 Oct 1999 25% - 50% foreign
Inc. Mizuho Financial Group Direct owner 1 Mar 2003 50% - 75% foreign
Yasumasa Nishi President & chief executive officer 1 Jun 2014 Other 6370309
Satoshi Kato Director, member of audit and supervisory committee 1 Oct 2016 Other 6086599
Yasutaka Yamada Director, managing executive officer, head of planning division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6348427
Masamichi Ishikawa Chief compliance officer, director, managing executive officer, head of risk management division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712387
Noboru Iwamatsu Director, member of audit and supervisory committee 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712390
Hiroshi Yuki Managing executive officer, head of investment trust marketing division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712394
Akitoshi Masuda Managing executive officer, head of investment division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712395
Shigeo Kanzaki Managing executive officer, head of product division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712396
Hiroshi Yabuta Executive officer, head of it & systems, operations division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712398
Kiwao Shibamoto Executive officer, deputy-head of it & systems, operations division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712399
Shigenori Kawamoto Executive officer, deputy-head of risk management division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712400
Yoshitaka Yoshino Executive officer, deputy-head of investment trust marketing division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712402
Nobutaka Aoki Managing executive officer, deputy-head of investment division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712403
Ryuji Fujiwara Executive officer, deputy-head of planning division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712404
Motonobu Hoshino Managing executive officer, deputy-head of investment division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712405
Akira Noguchi Director, managing executive officer, head of institutional marketing division 1 Oct 2016 Other 5172418
Hajime Fukuzawa Managing executive officer, head of global business division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6052605
Akihiro Ono Managing executive officer, co-head of institutional marketing division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712397
Fujiwara Ryuji Executive officer, deputy-head of planning division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712404
Satoshi Nmn Kato Director, member of audit and supervisory committee 1 Oct 2016 Other 6086599
Yasutaka Nmn Yamada Chief financial officer, director, managing executive officer, head of planning division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6348427
Masamichi Nmn Ishikawa Chief compliance officer, chief legal officer, director, managing executive officer, head of risk management division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712387
Noboru Nmn Iwamatsu Director, member of audit and supervisory committee 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712390
Hiroshi Nmn Yuki Managing executive officer, head of investment trust marketing division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712394
Hiroshi Nmn Yabuta Chief operations officer, executive officer, head of it & systems, operations division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712398
Shigenori Nmn Kawamoto Executive officer, deputy-head of risk management division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712400
Ryuji Nmn Fujiwara Executive officer, deputy-head of planning division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712404
Akitoshi Nmn Masuda Managing executive officer, head of investment division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712395
Shigeo Nmn Kanzaki Managing executive officer, head of product division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712396
Kiwao Nmn Shibamoto Executive officer, deputy-head of it & systems, operations division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712399
Yoshitaka Nmn Yoshino Executive officer, deputy-head of investment trust marketing division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712402
Nobutaka Nmn Aoki Managing executive officer, deputy-head of investment division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712403
Motonobu Nmn Hoshino Managing executive officer, deputy-head of investment division 1 Oct 2016 Other 6712405
Akihiro Ono Managing executive officer, head of institutional marketing division 1 Apr 2018 Other 6712397
Akira Sugano President & chief executive officer 1 Apr 2018 Other 6943202
Koya Iwabuchi Executive officer, deputy-head of institutional marketing division 1 Apr 2018 Other 6943211
Shinichi Aizawa Director, deputy-president, executive officer, head of global business division 1 Apr 2018 Other 5813233
Akihiro Nmn Ono Managing executive officer, head of institutional marketing division 1 Apr 2018 Other 6712397
Akira Nmn Sugano President & chief executive officer 1 Apr 2018 Other 6943202
Koya Nmn Iwabuchi Executive officer, deputy-head of institutional marketing division 1 Apr 2018 Other 6943211
Shinichi Nmn Aizawa Director, deputy-president, executive officer, head of global business division 1 Apr 2018 Other 5813233
Akitoshi Nmn Masuda Managing executive officer, head of product division 1 Apr 2019 Other 6712395
Shigeo Nmn Kanzaki Managing executive officer, head of strategic fund investment division 1 Apr 2019 Other 6712396
Yoshitaka Nmn Yoshino Executive officer, deputy-head of product division 1 Apr 2019 Other 6712402
Nobutaka Nmn Aoki Managing executive officer, co-head of investment division 1 Apr 2019 Other 6712403
Motonobu Nmn Hoshino Managing executive officer, co-head of investment division 1 Apr 2019 Other 6712405
Yasumitsu Nmn Mori Managing executive officer, deputy-head of investment trust marketing division 1 Apr 2019 Other 7112249
Yusuke Nmn Sasaki Executive officer, deputy-head of strategic fund investment division 1 Apr 2019 Other 7112250
Michiharu Nmn Maeda Director, member of audit and supervisory committee 1 Jun 2019 Other 6378033

Based in Tokyo

The principal office where Asset Management One Co., Ltd. performs its advisory services is located at Tekko Building 11 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 81-3-6774-5000 or by fax 81-3-3213-7418. The normal business hours are from 8:40am to 5:10pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at am-one.co.jp/english/.

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