Nissay Asset Management Corporation (Tokyo)

Name: Nissay Asset Management Corporation
Address: 6 6, Marunouchi 1 Chome, Tokyo, 100 8219
Telephone: +81-3-5533-4000

Nissay Asset Management Corporation is a large advisory firm based in Tokyo. It manages $42.57 billion of regulatory assets for 396 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001.

Nissay Asset Management Corporation provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, publication of newsletters, and educational seminars and workshops. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Nissay Asset Management Corporation: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Nissay Asset Management Corporation is $42.57 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -27% since the beginning of its operation, and $42.57 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $42.57 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $107.5 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 65% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is sovereign bonds, which make up 25% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 2% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Nissay Asset Management Corporation for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, 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 Hiroyuki Nmn Nishi serves?

The firm provides services to pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Hiroyuki Nmn Nishi is pension and profit sharing plans with 309 clients and $18.44 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Nissay Asset Management Corporation has the 2nd highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $34.13 billion for 392 clients. 83% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Nissay Asset Management Corporation doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Nissay Asset Management Corporation

The company employs 543 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 31 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 2 people 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.

Hiroyuki Nmn Nishi has been acting as President since 1 Mar 2018. Tetsuo Kitagawa has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Mar 2010. Masataka Hama joined the executive team most recently as the Non Executive Director / Member Of The Board.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Nippon Life Insurance Company	Shareholder	1 Apr 1995	75% - 100%	foreign entity
Yasuo Hanakawa	Managing director and chief marketing officer	1 Jun 1998	Other	4421043
Toshihiro Mikawa	Managing director and chief marketing officer	1 Jul 1998	Other	4421040
Norikazu Minoshima	Managing director and chief administrative officer	1 Jul 1998	Other	4421045
Masanori Shigesada	Auditor	1 Jul 1998	Other	4421061
Llc Putnam U.S. Holdings I	Shareholder	1 Apr 1999	Other	04-3543044
Llc Putnam Investments	Shareholder	1 Apr 1999	Other	04-3543044
Toshiaki Yoshida	Managing director and chief investment officer	1 Jun 1999	Other	4421022
Steven Spiegel	Director	1 Jun 1999	Other	432072
Kunie Okamoto	Director	1 Jul 1999	Other	4421180
Masahiro Yamada	President and chief executive officer	1 May 2000	Other	4421029
Keiji Tsuda	Managing director and chief operating officer and chief of product development	1 May 2000	Other	4421033
Hideichiro Kobayashi	Director	1 May 2000	Other	4330009
Tsutomu Miyoshi	Auditor	1 May 2000	Other	4421070
Ryuichiro Saito	Director and chief marketing officer	1 Mar 2001	Other	4421047
Wataru Taguchi	Director	1 Jun 2001	Other	4421049
Masafumi Nakatani	Supervising auditor	1 Jun 2001	Other	4421056
Keiji Tsuzukidani	Director and chief marketing officer	1 Mar 2002	Other	4522426
Kenzo Yoshinaga	General manager and chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2002	Other	5003912
Masao Katagiri	Auditor	1 Jun 2002	Other	4542606
Masatoshi Nishikawa	Director	1 Mar 2003	Other	4663534
Nobuaki Sakai	Director	1 Mar 2003	Other	4663536
Norikazu Minoshima	Supervising auditor	1 Jun 2003	Other	4421045
Kazuyuki Katsuda	Auditor	1 Jun 2003	Other	4663537
Kiyoshi Ujihara	Director	1 Jun 2003	Other	4333740
Tadakazu Tanimoto	Director and chief investment officer	1 Mar 2004	Other	4804010
Takeshi Furuichi	Director	1 Mar 2004	Other	4804014
Shinichi Sakyo	Director	1 Mar 2004	Other	4804011
Atsuhiko Nozaki	Auditor	1 Jun 2004	Other	4817196
John Frederick Boneparth	Director	1 Jul 2004	Other	1961015
Yanagihara Makoto	Director	1 Jun 2005	Other	4987558
Taguchi Wataru	President and chief executive officer	1 Jun 2005	Other	4987552
Shimizu Masashi	Auditor	1 Jun 2005	Other	4987562
Wataru Taguchi	President and chief executive officer	1 Jun 2005	Other	4421049
Makoto Yanagihara	Director	1 Jun 2005	Other	5004014
Masashi Shimizu	Auditor	1 Jun 2005	Other	5004022
Jeffrey F Peters	Director	1 Aug 2005	Other	2071974
Yasuji Miwa	General manager and chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2006	Other	5116527
Yoshinori Sakai	Corporate auditor	1 Jun 2006	Other	5199549
Nobuaki Sakai	Corporate auditor	1 Mar 2007	Other	4663536
Yoshinori Sakai	Director and chief marketing officer	1 Mar 2007	Other	5199549
Yasuaki Osugi	Director and chief administrative officer	1 Mar 2007	Other	5368696
Keiji Tsuzukidani	Managing director and chief marketing officer	1 Jun 2007	Other	4522426
Yoshikazu Fukuno	Director	1 Jun 2007	Other	5368695
Tomiji Akabayashi	Director	1 Jun 2007	Other	5368693
Atsushi Takemura	Auditor	1 Jun 2007	Other	5368692
Masataka Shimasaki	Chairman	1 Jun 2007	Other	5368690
Gordon M Forrester	Director	1 Aug 2007	Other	2292753
Toshiyuki Maeda	Director and chief marketing officer	1 Mar 2008	Other	4378664
Yoshikazu Takeda	Director	1 Mar 2008	Other	5510519
Koji Miyazaki	Member, board of auditors	1 Jun 2008	Other	5550732
Masaki Ueno	Member, board of auditors	1 Aug 2008	Other	5586757
John R. Pike	Non-executive director/ member of the board	1 Dec 2008	Other	2601340
Yasuaki Osugi	Director and chief marketing officer	1 Mar 2009	Other	5368696
Toshiyuki Maeda	Director and chief administrative officer	1 Mar 2009	Other	4378664
Masaki Ueno	General manager and chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2009	Other	5586757
Jofu Komatsubara	Director and chief marketing officer	1 Mar 2009	Other	5655891
Masaki Kakiyama	Director	1 Mar 2009	Other	5655896
Shohei Ueda	Member, board of auditors	1 Mar 2009	Other	5655899
Takashi Minagawa	President and chief executive officer	1 Jul 2009	Other	5693316
Yoshihiro Abiko	Executive director/member of the board/chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2010	Other	5922502
Takeshi Furuichi	Non-executive director/member of the board	1 Mar 2010	Other	4804014
Tomiji Akabayashi	Executive director/member of the board/chief operating officer/chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2010	Other	5368693
Tetsuo Kitagawa	Executive director/member of the board/chief investment officer	1 Mar 2010	Other	1031680
Yosuke Matsunaga	Director/member of the board	1 Mar 2010	Other	5922517
Toshihiko Orita	Non-executive director/member of the board	1 Mar 2011	Other	5922506
Hidenobu Uehara	Executive director/member of the board / chief marketing officer	1 Mar 2011	Other	5922513
Yoshiaki Hirayama	Executive director/chief investment officer	1 Mar 2011	Other	5922515
Yutaka Ideguchi	Auditor/member of the board of auditors	1 Mar 2011	Other	5922520
Yasushi Nagai	Auditor/member of the board of auditors	1 Jul 2011	Other	5955204
Shinji Kuge	Executive director / member of the board / chief operating officer	1 Mar 2012	Other	6039680
Akira Hosoda	Executive director / member of the board	1 Mar 2012	Other	6039695
Isao Matsubara	Auditor / member of the board of auditors	1 Mar 2012	Other	6040397
Yoshinori Okumura	Chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2012	Other	6039684
Toshihiro Ito	Director / member of the board	1 Mar 2012	Other	6040396
Kiyoshi Ujihara	President / chief executive officer / member of the board	1 Apr 2012	Other	4333740
Hirose Kojiro	Managing director/ member of the board/ chief marketing officer/ head of osaka branch office	1 Mar 2013	Other	6177763
Ozeki Hiroshi	Non-executive director/ member of the board	1 Mar 2013	Other	6177770
Gotoda Tomonao	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2014	Other	6296557
Masayoshi Tsuda	Executive director / member of the board/ chief investment officer	1 Mar 2014	Other	6344907
Kazuo Sato	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Jun 2014	Other	6344898
Yasushi Hasegawa	Auditor / member of the board of auditors	1 Jun 2014	Other	6344902
Daizo Naito	Executive director / member of the board / chief investment officer	1 Mar 2015	Other	6464155
Yuji Yoshimasu	Auditor / member of the baord of auditors	1 Jun 2015	Other	6518584
Kiyomi Kikuchi	Auditor / member of the board of auditors	1 Mar 2016	Other	6674917
Osamu Kubotani	Auditor / member of the board of auditors	1 Mar 2016	Other	6674918
Hiroshi Shimizu	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Mar 2016	Other	6674910
Nobuyuki Souda	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Mar 2016	Other	6674912
Takahiko Oohata	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Mar 2016	Other	6674915
Tomiji Akabayashi	President / chief executive officer / member of the board	1 Apr 2016	Other	5368693
Makoto Kaneshige	Executive director / member of the board / chief administrative officer	1 Mar 2017	Other	6826461
Keisuke Kawasaki	Executive director / memeber of the board / chief operating officer	1 Mar 2017	Other	6826469
Mutsufumi Seki	Executive director / member of the board / chief compliance officer	1 Mar 2017	Other	6826471
Makiko Fuse	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Mar 2017	Other	6826479
Etsuro Kuronuma	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Mar 2017	Other	6826485
Tetsuaki Ohgami	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Mar 2017	Other	6826487
Hidenobu Uehara	Managing director /member of the board	1 Mar 2018	Other	5922513
Akira Hosoda	Managing director /member of the board	1 Mar 2018	Other	6039695
Hiroyuki Nmn Nishi	President/member of the board	1 Mar 2018	Other	5983814
Yasutoyo Takada	Managing director/member of the board/ chief marketing officer	1 Mar 2018	Other	6980671
Yosuke Matsunaga	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Mar 2018	Other	5922517
Hiroki Fukuta	Auditor/member of the board of auditors	1 Jun 2018	Other	6980674
Chiaki Osone	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Mar 2019	Other	7143859
Masataka Hama	Non-executive director / member of the board	1 Jun 2019	Other	7143858
Kazuo Kobayashi	Auditor / member of the board of auditors	1 Jun 2019	Other	7143861

Based in Tokyo

The principal office where Nissay Asset Management Corporation performs its advisory services is located at 6 6, Marunouchi 1 Chome, Tokyo, 100 8219, 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 +81-3-5533-4000 or by fax +81-3-5533-4099. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at nenkin.nissay.co.jp.