Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited (London)

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

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

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.

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