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Corporate History

Nikko Securities Investment Trust & Management Co., Ltd.
1959 Dec. Company founded (Commences business 1960 Apr.)
1961 Jan. Launches Nikko Bond Fund
1984 Jun. Openes an overseas representative office in New York
1987 Apr. Openes an overseas representative office in London
1990 Apr. Openes an overseas representative office in Singapore
Nikko International Capital Management Co., Ltd.
1981 Sep. Company founded in Tokyo
1987 Feb. Registered as an investment adviser
1987 Jun. Licensed for discretionary asset management
1990 Apr. Enters the market for corporate pension funds
Nikko Global Asset Management (NGM)
1998 Mar. Company founded
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
1999 Apr. Nikko Securities Investment Trust & Management Co., Ltd. and Nikko International Capital Management Co., Ltd. merged. Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. established.
1999 Aug. Launches the first Eco Fund in Japan
2000 Mar. Signs the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Statement by Financial Institutions on Environmental & Sustainable Development
2001 Apr. Becomes the first asset management company in Japan to acquire ISO 14001 certification
2001 Jul. Lists the first exchange-traded fund in Japan on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2003 Aug. Launches the first fund of funds investing in domestic REITs (J-REITs)
2005 Feb. Wins Reuters' Lipper Award for Best Fund Group
2005 Feb. Launches an open-ended China A-shares equity fund for Japanese Investors1
2006 Apr. Assets under management exceed ¥10 trillion2

1 Excluding investment trust offered in People's Republic of China (Researched by Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.)
2 Consolidated Nikko AM and its overseas subsidiaries' assets under management (including advised assets).

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