Business

Leveraging our industry-leading research platform and global network, SMDAM Group provides high quality asset management services that meet specific needs of our diverse client base composed of Japanese and non-Japanese institutional (pension funds, financial institutions, etc.) and individual investors.

 

Investment Management

SMDAM Group offers discretionary investment management services as well as investment advisory services for public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions including banks and insurance companies in Japan and overseas.

 

Investment Trusts

SMDAM Group offers a broad range of products to meet various clients' need. Publicly offered investment trusts are for retail investors and subscribers of defined contribution pension funds while privately placed investment trusts are for corporations, financial institutions and group annuities.

Business Structure 01

Ownership

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management (UK) Limited is the European subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Limited, a Tokyo-based asset management company.

In April 2019, Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management and Daiwa SB Investments merged to form Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management.

Our ownership structure is as follows:

Structure (1)