Corporate History

Extensive Experience in the Asset Management Business

The roots of Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. go back to 1937, when Fujimoto Bill Broker, founded in 1902 and an ancestor of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., established Japan's first investment partnership.
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a license for investment trust management and offered unit trusts in 1951, followed by Japan's first open-ended investment trusts in 1952. Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. then spun-off its asset management arm and founded Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. in December 1959 under the provisions of the Investment Trust Law of Japan.
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. set up a holding company, "Daiwa Securities Group Inc." in 1999, and Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. became a fully owned subsidiary.

History

1959	Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. established
1984	New York office opened and then incorporated as Daiwa Asset Management(America)Inc. in 1990
1985	Stock Index Fund 225 launched License for investment advisory services acquired
1987	Daiwa Asset Management(Europe)Ltd. established in London
1988	Daiwa Asset Management(H.K.)Limited established
1992	Daiwa MMF, a money management fund, offered
1994	Daiwa Asset Management(Singapore)Ltd. established
1995	License for discretionary management services acquired
2001	Nikkei 225 ETF, TOPIX ETF launched
2003	Daiwa J-REIT Open offered
2004	Daiwa Asset Management(H.K.)Limited opens an office in Shanghai Daiwa SRI Fund offered Daiwa Commodity Index Fund, the first commodity index-linked fund offered
2005	Daiwa Asset management Services(Cayman)Ltd. established Daiwa Stock Index 225 Fund offered through Japan Post networks
2006	Daiwa Eco Fund offered Signed on the Principles for Responsible Investment as the first Asset Management Company in Japan
2008	Daiwa FTSE Shariah Japan 100 compliant with Shariah listed on Singapore Exchange Daiwa ETF TOPIX-17 Series offered
2010	Acquired a local Indian asset management company

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