Koichi Kinoshita

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SMDAM) is the majority owned asset management subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8316) in Japan. The firm was founded as Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management (SMAM) in 2002 from a merger of the five corporations: Mitsui Life Global Asset Management, Sakura Investment Management, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Asset Management, Sumisei Global Investment Trust Management, and Sumitomo Life Investment. In 2019, SMAM and Daiwa SB Investments Ltd. merged to begin a new chapter as Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management. Headquartered in Tokyo, SMDAM provides discretionary portfolio management services to institutional clients, that primarily consists of governmental pension funds, private corporate pension funds and related trusts.

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SMAM) is the investment advisory subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TSE: 8316, ADR: SMFG) in Japan. The firm was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo. SMAM provides active products to both institutional and individual investors. They are a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and incorporates financial and non-financial factors (including environmental, social and corporate governance factors) in their analysis and evaluation of companies, aiming to ensure higher quality research and better investment performance.