Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited (London)

Name: Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited
Address: 1 Angel Lane, London, Ec4 R3 Ab
Telephone: 44 (20) 7521-2000

Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited is a large advisory firm based in London. It manages $30.74 billion of regulatory assets for 117 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001.

Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited 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.

Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited is $30.74 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 519% since the beginning of its operation, and $30.66 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $28.97 billion in discretionary accounts and $1.77 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $251.95 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $885.27 million.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 44% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 16% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in government bonds form 15% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Nomura Asset Management U.K. 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 Ikeda Naoto serves?

The firm provides services to 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 Ikeda Naoto is pooled investment vehicles with 100 clients and $21.93 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $30.74 billion for 115 clients. 99% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited

The company employs 93 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 30 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.

Ikeda Naoto has been acting as President since 1 Aug 2000. Minoru Tanebe joined the executive team most recently as the Non Executive Director.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Ltd. Nomura Asset Management Co.	Sole stockholder	1 Oct 1984	75% - 100%	foreign
Nigel Biggs	Compliance officer	1 Aug 1994	Other	4386472
Richard J Bisson	Director	1 Oct 1997	Other	4386464
Jeremy Dean Sullivan	Senior portfolio manager	1 Oct 1997	Other	4386476
Hirokazu Tanaka	Senior portfolio manager	1 Jun 1999	Other	731712
Nobuo Ando	Managing director	1 Dec 1999	Other	4386398
Ikeda Naoto	Director	1 Aug 2000	Other	4386454
Yoshimitsu Matsuki	Managing director	1 Apr 2002	Other	322968
Hiroshi Terasaki	Manging director	1 Apr 2003	Other	4679786
Yoshihide Nagata	Senior portfolio manager	1 Apr 2003	Other	4679784
Nigel Biggs	Chief compliance officer & executive officer	1 Apr 2004	Other	4386472
Mark Roxburgh	Executive officer	1 Apr 2004	Other	4818089
Ikeda Naoto	Director & executive officer	1 Apr 2004	Other	4386454
Richard J Bisson	Director & senior executive officer	1 Apr 2004	Other	4386464
Hiroshi Terasaki	Managing director & chief executive officer	1 Apr 2004	Other	4679786
Nigel Biggs	Chief compliance officer & executive officer	1 Oct 2004	Other	4386472
Toshihiko Matsunaga	Chief executive officer and managing director	1 Aug 2005	Other	1201711
Tomoo Kosumi	Executive	1 Dec 2005	Other	1342492
Peter Walters	Director	1 Dec 2005	Other	5077386
Shigeru Fujinuma	Chairman and director	1 Jun 2006	Other	1889730
Yoshiya Ichimura	Chief operations officer	1 May 2007	Other	5372227
Masanori Itatani	Director	1 Dec 2008	Other	1207877
Atsushi Saito	Executive officer	1 Jan 2009	Other	5687975
Tamon Watanabe	Chairman and director	1 May 2009	Other	4943550
Atsushi Saito	Chief financial officer, chief operations officer & executive officer	1 Apr 2010	Other	5687975
Paul Roger Aspland	Executive officer	1 Apr 2010	Other	5815821
Luke James Charles Nunneley	Director	1 Nov 2010	Other	4947317
Atsushi Saito	Chief administrative officer & executive officer	1 Apr 2012	Other	5687975
Richard J Bisson	Director, president & chief operating officer	1 Apr 2012	Other	4386464
Shigeru Shinohara	Chief executive officer & chairman	1 Apr 2012	Other	1683553
Masanori Itatani	Non-executive chairman, director	1 Mar 2013	Other	1207877
Richard J Bisson	Director & president	1 Apr 2013	Other	4386464
Luke James Charles Nunneley	Chairman and non-executive director	1 Jun 2013	Other	4947317
Norio Ambe	Non-executive director	1 Jun 2013	Other	5134959
Fumiki Kondo	Non-executive director	1 May 2014	Other	1917711
Yoshikazu Chono	Chief operating officer	1 Jun 2015	Other	6165712
Yoshikazu Chono	Chief operating officer	1 Aug 2015	Other	6165712
Atsushi Saito	Non-executive director	1 Jan 2016	Other	5687975
Yoshihiro Namura	Non executive director	1 Apr 2016	Other	6658936
Jasjot Singh Kohli	Chief financial officer	1 Apr 2017	Other	6812898
Peter Joseph Scott	Chief administrative officer	1 Apr 2017	Other	6812905
Justin Nash	Chief compliance officer	1 Sep 2017	Other	6856855
Yasuhiro Yokota	Non executive director	1 Jun 2018	Other	5011005
Minoru Tanebe	Non executive director	1 Aug 2018	Other	7098732

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 London

The principal office where Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited performs its advisory services is located at 1 Angel Lane, London, Ec4 R3 Ab, 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 44 (20) 7521-2000 or by fax 44 (20) 7796-1246. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at nomura.com/nam-europe/index.shtml.