Asia Fixed Income – Local Currency Category
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko AM) was selected in the AsianInvestor Asset Management Awards 2023 for an Asset Class Award in the Asia Fixed Income - Local Currency category by AsianInvestor, one of Asia’s leading publications for the asset management industry.
AsianInvestor recognised Nikko AM’s Asian Local Currency Bond Strategy, which is actively managed seeking to generate medium to long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in local currency denominated bonds issued by sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, banks and corporates of Asian countries (China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand). AsianInvestor selected the winners based on 2022 performance against widely tracked benchmarks, according to data from consultancy Mercer’s universe of tracked strategies, with funds registered in at least one location in Asia Pacific. The strategy is available in Singapore and Japan.
Nikko AM Head of Asian Fixed Income Liang Choon Koh commented, “I would like to congratulate the team for this award. This is the latest achievement in our over 30 years of managing Asia Fixed Income, and demonstrates our in-depth understanding of the Asia Fixed income market to provide top notch solution for our clients.”
Edward Ng, who is the Lead Manager for Asian Local Currency Bond strategy remarked, “2022 was a tumultuous year for financial markets. Our consistent investment framework and longstanding experience in the Asia local currency bond segment helped us navigate through this difficult period, and enabled us to provide capital preservation for our clients.”
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