Daiwa Asset Management

Wiki route

This entry sits under asset-managers INDEX (its domain route). Read it against Nomura Asset Management for the securities-affiliated asset management company peer / contrast, and against the FSA plus FSA Financial Instruments Business Operator index for the supervisory / registry boundary over investment management business operators.

TL;DR

Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd. is an asset management company holding investment management business registration under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and serves as the asset-management arm of the Daiwa Securities Group. On the FSA Financial Instruments Business Operator Registry, Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd. is listed under the Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director (Financial Instruments Business Registration) 第352号. It handles publicly offered investment trusts, discretionary investment management, and ETF / index products, and serves as the fee-based asset management function of the Daiwa Group.

1. License / group boundary

Sources: ^[FSA 金融商品取引業者登録一覧: https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/kinyushohin.xlsx; 大和アセットマネジメント 会社概要: https://www.daiwa-am.co.jp/company/outline.html.]

2. Operating model

As an investment management business operator, it handles (1) investment trust delegation of publicly offered investment trusts (structuring and management), (2) discretionary investment management for institutional investors and pension funds, (3) investment advisory services, and (4) ETF / index products. Sales are primarily channeled through Daiwa Securities’ broker sales network, connecting to capital relationships with Japan Post Life Insurance and peripheral asset management operations including Global X Japan. This represents the asset-management fee pillar separated from the securities group’s brokerage / IB functions. Supervision operates under a two-tier structure of the FSA and self-regulatory organizations. It directly competes with Nomura Asset, a fellow securities-affiliated peer.

3. Why this page matters

• Separates out the asset management company’s ETF / index / discretionary mandate operations, which would appear opaque if the Daiwa Securities Group were viewed only through its brokerage / IB functions.
• Separately tracks the NISA investment trust / ETF market, capital relationships with Japan Post Life Insurance, and securities sales channels.
• Provides a starting point for comparison with securities-affiliated peers (Nomura Asset / Nikko → Amova).

Related

• asset-managers INDEX
• Daiwa Securities Group
• Daiwa Next Bank
• Japan Post Life Insurance
• Nomura Asset
• NISA 2024 flow
• FinWiki index

Sources

• FSA, “Financial Instruments Business Operator Registry”, kinyushohin.xlsx.
• Daiwa Asset Management, “Company Overview”.
• Daiwa Asset Management, “Company Information”.

[!info] Verification status confidence: likely. Corporate name, registration number, and capital composition (Daiwa Securities Group headquarters 80%, Japan Post Life Insurance 20%) were re-confirmed as of 2026-07-29 against the FSA registry and official company overview. Specific AUM / number of funds are not listed.