Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited (Singapore)

Name: Nomura Asset Management Singapore Limited
Address: 10 Marina Boulevard, Singapore, 018983
Telephone: 65-6433-9088

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. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. 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/.