{"id":49689,"date":"2016-03-07T00:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T23:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/innovation\/nomura-becomes-first-asian-issuer-to-list-exchange-traded-funds-on-six-swiss-exchange\/"},"modified":"2016-03-07T00:49:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T23:49:00","slug":"nomura-becomes-first-asian-issuer-to-list-exchange-traded-funds-on-six-swiss-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/innovation\/nomura-becomes-first-asian-issuer-to-list-exchange-traded-funds-on-six-swiss-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomura becomes first Asian issuer to list exchange-traded funds on SIX Swiss Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the first Asia-headquartered issuer to list ETFs on the SIX Swiss Exchange, the listing represents another step in the international expansion of Nomura\u2019s US$64 billion[[All figures as of 31 December 2015 unless otherwise specified]] \u201cNEXT FUNDS\u201d range. The ETFs on SIX will be available to a wide range of investors in Switzerland, which is one of the largest and most active ETF markets in Europe. The \u201cNEXT<br \/>\nFUNDS\u201d range of ETFs has been available on the London Stock Exchange since 2015.<\/p>\n<p><quote>The ETFs on SIX will track the performance of the JPX-Nikkei 400 Total Return Index and<br \/>\nNikkei 225 indices in currency-hedged versions. Offered in EUR\u2013hedged and USD-hedged<br \/>\nformats, the ETFs allow investors to gain exposure to Japanese equities, while reducing the<br \/>\nimpact on their portfolios of potential yen depreciation against those currencies.<\/quote><\/p>\n<p>Nomura Asset Management (NAM) and Nomura Alternative Investment Management Europe<br \/>\n(\u201cNAIM\u201d) will manage the ETFs. NAM is one of the largest asset management companies in<br \/>\nJapan, with assets under management in excess of US$300 billion[[All figures as of 31 December 2015 unless otherwise specified]]\n. NAIM is a London-based<br \/>\nquantitative investment manager of the Nomura group.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shin Asano, President and CEO of Nomura Bank (Switzerland) Ltd said: <em>\u201cNomura is<br \/>\nfocused on connecting markets east &#038; west. Today we are very proud to be the first Asian<br \/>\nissuer to list ETFs on the SIX Swiss Exchange, and to demonstrate our commitment to<br \/>\ndeveloping our local presence in the Swiss market.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mr Jean-Philippe Royer, CEO of Nomura Alternative Investment Management (Europe) Ltd<br \/>\ncommented: <em>\u201cNomura is the biggest Japanese equities ETF manager, but until today very<br \/>\nfew investors in Switzerland could invest in our ETFs. Through the listing on SIX Swiss<br \/>\nExchange, we can now provide the broader Swiss investor community with local access to<br \/>\nNomura\u2019s best-in-class products.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alain Picard, Head Product Management at SIX Swiss Exchange, comments: <em>\u201cWe welcome<br \/>\nNomura as a new ETF issuer at SIX Swiss Exchange. We look forward to offering investors<br \/>\nan even easier access to Asian markets in combination with the advantages of on exchange<br \/>\ntrading.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alain Picard, Head Product Management at SIX Swiss Exchange, comments: <em>\u201cWe welcome<br \/>\nNomura as a new ETF issuer at SIX Swiss Exchange. We look forward to offering investors<br \/>\nan even easier access to Asian markets in combination with the advantages of on exchange<br \/>\ntrading.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomura announces the listing of four exchange-traded funds<br \/>\n(ETFs) on the SIX Swiss Exchange: the \u201cNomura JPX-Nikkei 400 Daily EUR-Hedged Index<br \/>\nUCITS ETF\u201d, the \u201cNomura JPX-Nikkei 400 Daily USD-Hedged Index UCITS ETF\u201d, the<br \/>\n\u201cNomura Nikkei 225 USD-Hedged UCITS ETF\u201d and the \u201cNomura Nikkei 225 EUR-Hedged<br \/>\nUCITS ETF\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":49687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1471],"tags":[1655,1718,1651,1437,1691,2234,2103,1787],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49689"}],"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=49689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}