Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)

Name: Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Address: Kyoritsu Nihonbashi Bldg., Tokyo, 1030027
Telephone: 81-3-5290-3400

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd. is a large advisory firm based in Tokyo. It manages $34.29 billion of regulatory assets for 312 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2017.

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co. provides 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.

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co.: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd. is $34.29 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 12% since the beginning of its operation, and $33.38 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $26.66 billion in discretionary accounts and $7.63 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $89.78 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $508.43 million.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 41% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is sovereign bonds, which make up 41% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 5% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd. 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 Naoyuki Nmn Aoki serves?

The firm provides services to other investment advisers, pooled investment vehicles, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Naoyuki Nmn Aoki is pension and profit sharing plans with 72 clients and $15 billion of assets under management. Among the 7 most similar advisory firms, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co. has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $29.53 billion for 260 clients. 98% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co. doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd.

The company employs 164 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 34 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 don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Naoyuki Nmn Aoki has been acting as President since 1 Jun 2019. Yoshihiko Nmn Kikkawa joined the executive team most recently as the Executive Vice President.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. Sompo Holdings	Shareholder	1 Feb 1986	75% - 100%	foreign
Hiroyuki Nmn Yamaguchi	President & ceo, director	1 Apr 2017	Other	6785996
Yoshihiko Nmn Kikkawa	Chief investment officer, director, executive vice president	1 Apr 2017	Other	6786001
Toyomi Nmn Ohnuma	Chief compliance officer, director, managing executive officer	1 Apr 2017	Other	6786005
Makoto Nmn Hatta	Managing executive officer	1 Apr 2017	Other	6786017
Yasuhiro Nmn Shigeta	Managing executive officer	1 Apr 2017	Other	6786019
Goya Nmn Nakao	Executive officer	1 Apr 2017	Other	6786023
Goya Nmn Nakao	Managing executive officer	1 Apr 2018	Other	6786023
Yoshihiko Nmn Kikkawa	Executive vice president	1 Apr 2019	Other	6786001
Nobuhiro Kojima	President & ceo, director	1 Apr 2019	Other	7076186
Toru Kitani	Chief investment officer, director, managing executive officer	1 Apr 2019	Other	7082495
Naoyuki Nmn Aoki	Director	1 Jun 2019	Other	7148495

Based in Tokyo

The principal office where Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd. performs its advisory services is located at Kyoritsu Nihonbashi Bldg., Tokyo, 1030027, 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 81-3-5290-3400 or by fax 81-3-3231-7004. The normal business hours are 9 - 5 on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at sjnk-am.com/.