Japan $246 Billion Nikko Asset Management Appoints President Stefanie Drews with Additional Role as CEO & Hires Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Executive Advisor Kuniyuki Shudo as Executive Chairman Succeeding Yutaka Nishida, Nikko Asset Management to Rename as Amova Asset Management on 1st September 2025, Remains a Full Subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group
28th February 2025 | Hong Kong
Japan Nikko Asset Management ($246 billion AUM) has announced the appointment of President Stefanie Drews with additional role as CEO (1/4/25), and hires Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Executive Advisor Kuniyuki Shudo as Executive Chairman succeeding Yutaka Nishida. Stefanie Drews joined Nikko Asset Management in 2014, and was appointed as President in 2022. Prior, Stefanie Drews was with Barclays (Global Head of Key Clients & Family Offices) from 2010 to 2014, and Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management (Managing Director) from 1997 to 2010. In 2024 September, Nikko Asset Management announced to rename as Amova Asset Management on 1st September 2025, and remains a full subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group. Nikko Asset Management was founded in Japan in 1950. Amova is derived from Am (Asset Management) and ova (Nova, which means new in Latin).
“ Japan $246 Billion Nikko Asset Management Appoints President Stefanie Drews with Additional Role as CEO & Hires Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Executive Advisor Kuniyuki Shudo as Executive Chairman Succeeding Yutaka Nishida, Nikko Asset Management to Rename as Amova Asset Management on 1st September 2025, Remains a Full Subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group “
Japan $240 Billion Nikko Asset Management to Rename as Amova Asset Management on 1st September 2025, Remains a Full Subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group

11th September 2024 – Japan Nikko Asset Management with $240 billion AUM has announced to rename as Amova Asset Management on 1st September 2025, and remains a full subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group. Nikko Asset Management was founded in Japan in 1950. Amova is derived from Am (Asset Management) and ova (Nova, which means new in Latin).
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