To Be a Good Company

Who We Are

We are on our client’s side

Tokio Marine Asset Management (“TMAM”) provides institutional fiduciary and award-winning investment management services to a broad audience comprising pension funds, financial institutions and sovereign wealth funds all over the world, and offers public investment trusts for individual customers in Japan.

Group Corporate Profile

  • 75.9 billion USD
    Assets under management as at March 31, 2023
  • 1985 founded
    TMAM was established in December 1985
  • 4 sites around the world
    Global structure with offices in Tokyo, New York, London and Singapore

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Leadership

Since our establishment in 1985, Tokio Marine Asset Management (“TMAM”) has strived to provide excellence in investment management services for our clients, and it is under this commitment that we will continue to develop and expand our business as part of the Tokio Marine Group.

We will continue to provide an exceptional client service that goes above and beyond expectations by remaining focused on the three pillars of our management mission.

  • Fiduciary - Committed to the best interests of our clients
  • Quality - Providing exceptional products that exceed our clients’ expectations
  • Innovation - Constantly enhancing our product in response to a dynamic global market

This is the “TMAM Quality” that we deliver, and will continue to deliver, to maintain the strong relationship of trust we have with our clients and take us to the next stage of our growth as an asset management firm.

TMAM Board of Directors

  • Yasuhiro Yokota
    President & CEO

    Career
    • Began asset management career at Nomura Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd. (currently Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.) in 1989.
    • Headed subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia for nine years, before returning to Tokyo in 2014 to hold chief executive positions in Nomura’s private equity and fund research arms, subsequently serving as managing executive officer and head of international sales & marketing in Nomura Asset.
    • Joined Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd. in July 2020 as Senior Managing Director.
    • Appointed President & CEO in April 2022.

  • Takuya Igarashi
    Director and Managing Executive Officer

    Career
    • Joined Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. in 1990.
    • Held a succession of posts at different Tokio Marine Group companies, including spells at Tokio Marine Asset Management, Charles Schwab Tokio Marine Securities, and Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore.
    • Served as Head of Risk Management at Tokio Marine Holdings.
    • Currently serving as Director and Managing Executive Officer at Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Non-executive Directors

  • Yoshinari Endo
  • Masafumi Hikima
  • Mari Kano
  • Atsushi Yamada

Executives

  • Sota Suzuki
    Executive Officer, Head of International Business Division

    Career
    • Began career at Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation (part of the now Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) in 1989.
    • Held successive positions in trust banking and asset management at group companies in Japan, the UK and Luxembourg prior to joining Tokio Marine Asset Management in 2020.
    • Currently serving as Executive Officer, Head of International Business Division.

    Qualifications: CMA

  • Kazuhiro Honjo
    Managing Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

    Career
    • Began career at Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
    • Joined Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd. and held successive positions in portfolio management, including global equity investment at Tokio Marine Asset Management (USA).
    • Launched multi manager investments and hedge funds as Head of Multi Manager.
    • Served as CIO of Tokio Marine Asset Management International (Singapore) for four years from 2014.
    • Currently serving as Managing Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.

    Qualifications: CFA, CMA

  • Yukio Moriya
    Executive Officer, Head of Administration Division

    Career
    • Worked at Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan and UBS Trust and Banking before joining Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd. in 2003.
    • Appointed Executive Officer in 2010, serving as Head of Institutional Business Division, and subsequently Head of International Business Division from 2015.
    • Served as CEO of Tokio Marine Asset Management (London) Ltd. for four years from 2018.
    • Currently serving as Executive Officer and Head of Administration Division at Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.

    Qualifications: MBA, CMA, CIIA

  • Takashi Asano
    Executive Officer, Institutional Business Division, Investment Trust Business Division

    Career
    • Began career at Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. in 1991, with secondments to research analysis teams at Tokio Marine MC Asset Management Co., Ltd. (currently Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.) and Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd.
    • Positions held at Tokio Marine Asset Management include domestic fixed income fund manager, senior economist, and senior strategist.
    • Spent a decade at UBS Global Asset Management Co., Ltd. and Nissay Asset Management Co., Ltd. before returning to Tokio Marine Asset Management in 2018 as Head of Investment Strategy.
    • Currently serving as Executive Officer, Institutional Business Division, Investment Trust Business Division.

    Qualifications: CMA

History

TMAM - Providing a high quality service that exceeds client expectations

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Awards

TMAM places great importance on the quality of our offering, and the level of service provided collectively and individually to our clients. Therefore, we are proud when the quality of the work that we do is recognised by others.

    • CAMRADATA Asset View Award 2022
    TMAM’s GARP Strategy won the Camradata Asset View Award in the Japanese Equity (JPY) category
    • Morningstar Fund of the Year 2016 Awards
    TMAM’s TMA Japan Owners Equity Fund was named Excellent Fund in the Domestic Mid- and Small-cap Stock Fund Division of the Morningstar Fund of the Year 2016 Awards (Japan)
    • InvestmentEurope Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2017/2018
    TMAM’s Focus B EUR Fund was named “Best Japanese Equity Fund” at the Investment Europe Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2017/2018.
    • Mercer MPA Awards 2016
    TMAM’s Focus Strategy was awarded the Mercer MPA (Japan) Award 2016 in the Japan Equity Large-cap category
    • LIPPER FUND AWARDS 2014 JAPAN
    • LIPPER FUND AWARDS 2015 JAPAN
    • LIPPER FUND AWARDS 2016 JAPAN
    TMAM was awarded the Lipper Fund Award for Best Group Over 3 Years Overall
    • CAMRADATA Asset View Award 2016
    TMAM’s Focus Strategy won the CAMRADATA Asset View Award in the Japanese Equity - All Cap category
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