{"id":34911,"date":"2014-06-12T00:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/news\/nomura-asset-management-launches-in-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2014-06-12T00:34:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T22:34:00","slug":"nomura-asset-management-launches-in-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/news\/nomura-asset-management-launches-in-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomura Asset Management launches in Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The launch is part of a broader strategy that will see NAM?s Middle East office use its strengths<br \/>\nand expertise in the local market to promote and market international products and funds to<br \/>\nsovereign wealth funds, pensions and other institutional investors while also managing its client<br \/>\nrelationships on a more hands-on basis and extending its services to new markets. <\/p>\n<p>Tarek Fadlallah has been appointed as CEO of Nomura Asset Management Middle East in<br \/>\nDubai. Tarek has over 25 years of experience in the financial sector including the past 16 years<br \/>\nin the Gulf. He holds a degree in economics from the London School of Economics and is a<br \/>\nChartered Financial Analyst. <\/p>\n<p><quote>Tarek Fadlallah, CEO of Nomura Asset Management Middle East, says:<br \/>\n\u201cOur decision to open a Nomura Asset Management office in the region reflects our ongoing<br \/>\ncommitment to the Middle East. We are looking to reinforce our activities and offer investors<br \/>\nimproved access to our world class products. The development of the NAM Middle East<br \/>\nbusiness is a key step towards achieving this goal.\u201d<\/quote><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Japan-based global asset manager has been managing sovereign wealth fund assets for<br \/>\nover 25 years and is considered to be among the largest managers of assets in the region.<br \/>\nGlobally, it has $291 billion of assets under management (March 2014). NAM products include<br \/>\nJapanese Equities, Global Emerging Market equities, Asia Pacific equities, Research Associates<br \/>\nFundamental Index\u00a9 strategies and Fixed Income. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The firm also manages GCC stocks through its Arabian fund which was first distributed to<br \/>\nJapanese retail investors in 2007 as well as its Frontier and Emerging Market funds, and<br \/>\nmaintains a positive long term view on the region. <\/p>\n<p>NAM Middle East is a branch of NAM UK, is located within the Dubai International Financial<br \/>\nCentre (DIFC) and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese fund manager Nomura Asset Management (NAM) has<br \/>\nlaunched an office in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) as part of its ongoing<br \/>\ncommitment to the Middle East. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":34909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1470],"tags":[1655,1651,2094,2007,2239,1787],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34911"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}