Japan-based Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM) has strengthened its global management team by appointing four senior executives including global head of sales and global head of investment.
Takuya Koyama has been appointed as global head of sales and will be responsible for global institutional sales as well as international retail sales.
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Previously, Koyama held senior positions in international sales at Nomura Securities, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Citicorp Securities Japan.
Hideyuki Omokawa has been named as head of strategic product innovation, and will oversee the development of products on a global basis, while also managing the interaction between the sales and investment teams through a newly established Office of the CIO.
Most recently, Omokawa served as president of FGI Capital Partners, and before that held senior positions at Goldman Sachs Japan and Nikko Cordial Securities.
Additionally, Nikko AM has appointed Motonobu Hasegawa as global head of Request for Proposal (RFP), and will be responsible for leading a team of specialists in Japan and in overseas offices.
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By GlobalDataPrior to joining Nikko AM, Hasegawa led an RFP team at UBS Global Asset Management Japan, and also worked at Aberdeen Investment Management, Credit Suisse Asset Management and Pictet Asset Management Japan.
Furthermore, Yu-Ming Wang, who oversees the investment teams outside of Japan, has been named as global head of investment to coordinate the work of Nikko AM’s global investment team, which covers staff in 9 countries.
The company said that Japan CIO Hiroki Tsujimura will continue to be responsible for investment management in the Tokyo office.
Takumi Shibata, executive chairman, president and CEO of Nikko AM, said: "We are pleased to welcome these talented and experienced professionals to Nikko AM, and look forward to their contributions to our global management team.
According to Nikko AM, Omokawa and Wang will begin their roles effective from 31 January 2014, while Koyama and Hasegawa will begin from 1 February 2014.
