We are only as good as our people and products. To ensure Nikko Asset Management continues to draw the top performers in our industry, we made some key structural changes.

A culture that rewards excellence

We instilled a merit-based culture, an often underdeveloped concept among traditional Japanese companies. This has enabled us to attract not only top Japanese talent, but also the most self-motivated and accountable performers: people who respect loyalty but cannot wait 20 years for a promotion. We have also attracted those who crave global exposure, but without the frustrations of different time zones and different languages. We did away with the Japanese practice of rotating employees, instead encouraging the pursuit of long-term professional careers. We structured a flatter organization, one better equipped to implement new ideas. We also created an Employee Relations Working team to ensure that our people understood the changes we made and felt comfortable voicing their concerns.

Nikko AM is now as strong as it has ever been. Our more than 400 Japan-based professionals are supplemented by regional specialists in the U.S., the U.K. and Singapore, as well as more than 20 asset managers for the World Series program located worldwide.¹ With this combination of global expertise and Japanese practice, we are better positioned than ever to serve a client base that spans the globe.