NOMURA NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT

Corporate History

Nomura Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd.  1959-

1959
Established in December 1959
1976
US representative office opened in New York (currently, Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. established in December 1991)

Nomura Investment Management Co., Ltd.  1981-

1981
Established in January 1981
Started investment services for US pension funds with opening of New York subsidiary of Nomura Capital Management
1984
Began operations in Europe with establishment of Nomura Capital Management UK
1988
Nomura Capital Management Singapore branch office opened
1996
Nomura Capital Management opened Australia branch office in Sydney

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.  1997-

1997
Established Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. in October 1997 merging functions of Nomura Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd. and Nomura Investment Management Co., Ltd.
2001
Launched two Exchange Traded Funds (ETF), one linked to the Nikkei 225 and another to the TOPIX Index
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. in October 2001
2005
Seoul representative office established
2006
Nomura Asset Management Malaysia Sdn.Bhd. established in December 2006
2008
Nomura Global Alpha LLC (NGA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. specializing in Alpha Oriented Fixed Income Products and Solutions opens in July 2008

Nomura Islamic Asset Management Sdn.Bhd. opened in November 2008 to expand the firm's Islamic fund management operations
2010
Maintrust KAG mbH was rebranded as Nomura Asset Management Deutschland KAG mbH in 2010.
2011
Shanghai representative office opened (currently Nomura Investment Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established in January 2018)
2014
Acquired ING Securities Investment & Trust, ING's asset management unit in Taiwan in April 2014. Now rebranded as Nomura Asset Management Taiwan Ltd.

Open Nomura Asset Management Middle East office in Dubai in June

Established a joint venture business in Shenzhen, China to conduct private fund business in China
2015
Entered a business partnership with American Century Investments Inc. in December 2015