Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) has appointed Hideo Abe to the newly created role of executive vice chairman, effective from 1 October 2013.
In his new role, Abe will be responsible for enhancing the company’s executive-level marketing capability as it seeks to reach a range of institutional and retail investors in both the Japanese domestic market and overseas.
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Most recently, he served as deputy president at Mizuho Securities from 2008 to 2013.
Prior to Mizuho Securities, Abe was a board member at Nikko Citigroup, where he also served as CEO from 2004 to 2008. During the course of his career at Nikko Cordial Securities and its forerunner company, Nikko Securities, he variously led business planning, products and marketing, fixed income trading and capital markets.
Takumi Shibata, executive chairman of Nikko AM, said: "As a highly experienced senior executive in world-class financial institutions, Abe has a distinguished track record in cultivating relationships with clients, and we look forward to working with him."
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