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Market Review for June 2022
TOPIX ended down on the previous month-end as market sentiment declined over global recession fears and tighter monetary policies.
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Market Review for May 2022
TOPIX ended slightly up on the previous month end, recovering on the news of lockdown measures easing in Shanghai and US CPI figures hinting at a slowdown of inflation.
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Press Release
SuMi TRUST Sets Interim NZAMI Targets
In July 2021, SuMi TRUST became a signatory to the NAMZI and is pleased to announce its interim 2030 target for green house gas emissions from assets under its management.
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Press Release
SuMi TRUST won AAM Best of the Best Awards 2022
SuMi TRUST received awards in multiple categories in the Asia Asset Management (AAM) Best of the Best 2022 Awards. Best of the Best Awards is an annual awards program that recognizes financial institutions and pension funds for outstanding achievements over the past calendar year.
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Market Review for April 2022
TOPIX ended down on the previous month-end. The decline of the US equity market due to the Fed's monetary tightening and disappointing quarterly earnings by some IT companies affected the Japanese equity market. Lockdowns in Shanghai also weighed on market sentiment.
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Market Review for March 2022
TOPIX ended up on the previous month-end. The Japanese equity market started on a low due to the news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increasing commodity prices, but recovered on yen depreciation against the dollar and a pause of rising oil prices.
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Press Release
SuMi TRUST establishes investment marketing team in Luxembourg
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management (SuMi TRUST), one of Asia’s largest asset managers with $759bn in assets under management (AUM), has established a new investment marketing team in its office in Luxembourg to enhance its relationship with EU-based investors. The team, part of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Luxembourg S.A., will promote SuMi TRUST’s investment products on the firm’s behalf.
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Insights
The Transformation of Japanese Companies
In the face of the changes in the external environment as a result of COVID, many transformations are taking place in Japanese companies. However, I believe that there is also a medium- to long-term structural change occurring in the background: the generational shift in the workforce has increased risk tolerance and willingness to change in Japanese companies.
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Hiroki Moritani Appointed as MD of SuMi TRUST's London Office
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management (SuMi TRUST), one of Asia’s largest asset managers with $761bn in assets under management, has appointed Hiroki Moritani as Managing Director of its London office, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust International Limited (SuMiTIL). As of March 2022, Hiroki takes over from Yukihiro Murota who will return to the firm’s Tokyo headquarters.