Asset Management One Co., Ltd. (アセットマネジメントOne株式会社), abbreviated as AM-One, is a Japanese

asset management Asset management is a systematic approach to the governance and realization of value from the things that a group or entity is responsible for, over their whole life cycles. It may apply both to tangible assets (physical objects such as buildings ...

company. It is a subsidiary of the

Mizuho Financial Group , abbreviated as MHFG, or simply called Mizuho, is a banking holding company headquartered in the Ōtemachi district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The name "" literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. Upo ...

and is one of the largest asset management companies in Asia. AM-One acts as one of the investment managers for the

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History

AM-One was formed on October 1, 2016, as a

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between

and

Dai-ichi Life , or Dai-ichi Life for short, is the third-largest life insurer in Japan by revenue, behind Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life. Founded on September 15, 1902, Dai-Ichi was one of the oldest mutual insurance companies in Japan until a motion ...

using the pre-existing asset management units within each company. There were four companies which were merged to create AM-One. They were DIAM Co, Mizuho Asset Management, Shinko Asset Management, and Asset Management Division of

Mizuho Trust & Banking is the trust banking arm of Mizuho Financial Group. History The merger of the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan in 2000 was followed by the merger of their respective trust banking subsidiaries, creating Mizuho Tr ...

. Currently, Mizuho Financial Group holds 70% of the company's shares and 51% of

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while Dai-ichi Life holds 30% of the company's shares and 49% of voting rights.

Business overview

AM-One's investment product range includes: * Equities (Both

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and

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investment strategies) * Fixed Income (Both active and passive investment strategies) * Quantitative * Alternatives (Including

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and

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) Its European product range also includes

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funds. AM-One operates various Exchange-traded funds which are listed on the

Tokyo Stock Exchange The , abbreviated as Tosho () or TSE/TYO, is a stock exchange located in Tokyo, Japan. It is the third largest stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies, and the largest in Asia. It had 2,292 listed ...

such as " One ETF Nikkei 225" and "One ETF TOPIX" . The company also acts as one of the investment managers for the

. AM-One is headquartered in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

with additional offices in

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and

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

References

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* {{Authority control Mizuho Financial Group Financial services companies established in 2016 Financial services companies based in Tokyo