Group Network

NAM is an asset management company integrating the asset-management capabilities of the Nippon Life Insurance group. The Nippon Life Insurance group network and business alliances with foreign investment management companies allow us to offer high-quality products geared to various customer needs.

The Nippon Life Insurance Group Network

Nippon Life Insurance group network

Nippon Life Insurance Company
- Nippon Life Insurance Company, founded in 1889, is one of the world's largest life insurance companies with total assets of over US$ 400 billion.
- Deploys the largest agent channel in the Japanese life insurance industry, bancassurance channel, agency channel, customer service counter and the leading company with top market share of about 20% in Japan, where the world's top insurance companies compete with each other.
- Works together with core group companies, namely Nissay Asset Management Corporation and Nissay Information Technology, to strengthen group management and provide "the best, most comprehensive insurance services" to our customers.
- Provides various information and research capabilities to NAM through overseas offices (New York, London, Singapore, etc.)
NLI Research Institute
- NLI Research Institute, established in July 1988, performs basic and solution-oriented research from an unbiased perspective, spanning areas such as domestic and international economics and finance, social security including pension and long-term care issues, and housing and urban development.
- NLI Research Institute provides investment advice on NAM's products based on a quantitative-analysis model and develops consultation tools for customers in the investment advisory business.

Business Partners

Putnam Investments

Putnam Investments is one of the most time-honored asset managers in U.S. founded in 1937. With the alliance with Putnam, NAM offers various types of investment products focusing on outside Japan. AUM of the company is US$ 127 billion and the number of investment professionals is about 140 as of March 31, 2011.

PanAgora Asset Management

PanAgora Asset Management is the quant focused asset management company, jointly founded by Putnam Investments and NAM. PanAgora offers various types of quant products focusing on outside Japan. AUM of the company is US$23.8 billion and the number of investment professionals is 28 as of March 31, 2011.

AEW Capital Management, L.P.

AEW Capital Management L.P., founded in 1981, is a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Managements, focusing on real estate management. The group accounts for US$47.5 billon of AUM (of which about US$8 billion is for REIT) as of March 31, 2011, with 400 real estate investment professionals.

Hermes Focus Asset Management

Hermes Focus Asset Management, founded in 1998, is a subsidiary of Hermes Group. Hermes Group, a UK institutional investor managing pension funds, accounts for £26.7 billion of AUM as of March 31, 2011, with about 130 investment professionals.

Union Investment

Union Investment, founded in 1956, is one of the largest asset managers in Germany. NAM offers Union's global equity products. AUM of the company is €176 billion and the number of professionals is about 150 as of March 31, 2011.

(as of the end of March 2011)