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Extensive Experience in the Asset Management Business
In 1937, Fujimoto Bill Broker 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
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1959 |
Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. established |
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1984 |
New York office opened and then incorporated as Daiwa Asset Management(America)Ltd. in 1990 |
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1985 |
Stock Index Fund 225 launched |
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1987 |
Daiwa Asset Management(Europe)Ltd established in London |
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1988 |
Daiwa Asset Management(H.K.)Limited established |
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1992 |
Daiwa MMF, a money management fund, offered |
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1994 |
Daiwa Asset Management(Singapore)Ltd. established |
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1995 |
License for discretionary management services acquired |
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2001 |
Nikkei 225 ETF, TOPIX ETF launched |
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2005 |
Daiwa Asset Management Services Ltd.(Cayman) established |
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2006 |
Signed on the Principles for Responsible Investment as the first asset management company in Japan |
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2011 |
Signed Principles for Financial Action towards a Sustainable Society (PFA for the 21st Century) |
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2012 |
Relocated the headquarters to 9-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6753, Japan |
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2013 |
Launched Daiwa TOPIX Ex-Financials ETF to meet Basel III, as the first asset management company in Japan |
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2014 |
Announced adoption of the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors «Japan's Stewardship Code» and the policy on the principles |
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2015 |
Commenced entrusted investment of Japanese equities for overseas investor funds and UCITS funds |
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2016 |
Launched iFree, index fund series |
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2017 |
Listed three Japan's first ETFs which track ESG Indices selected by Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) |
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2019 |
Global X Japan |
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2020 |
Expressed support for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) |
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2022 |
Received the Governor’s Special Prize for Green Finance in the ESG Investment Category of the 2021 Tokyo Financial Awards in recognition of initiatives including the Carbon Neutral Equity Fund and a tree-planting project |
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2023 |
Launched iFreeNEXT India Index Fund |
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2024 |
Launched ETF to link with JPX prime 150 index |