Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. announced the appointment of hedge fund manager, Thomas Juterbock, as Senior Portfolio Manager at Nikko Alternative Asset Management Inc., a New York-based subsidiary of Nikko AM Tokyo.

Juterbock said, “I am thrilled to join the Nikko AM team. With the line between ‘traditional’ and ‘alternative’ investment blurring and with the shifting demographics of investment flows, international asset management is at a very interesting crossroads. I see Nikko AM as uniquely positioned to capitalize upon these trends and I look forward to working with the Nikko AM team to help realize the full potential of this new opportunity set.”

Juterbock will be a member of Nikko AM’s Global Investment Committee and will report to Masayuki Ishihara, Global Head of Fixed Income. Prior to joining Nikko AM, Juterbock acted as founder, principal owner, CEO and CIO of Fairstream Capital hedge fund management group. Juterbock has over 20 years of experience in trading and risk management at Morgan Stanley, where he was a Managing Director from January 1990 to May 2005.

At Nikko AM, Juterbock and his Fairstream team of six will seek ways to employ Fairstream’s global macro investment process to the broader array of Nikko AM products, while helping to expand Nikko AM’s product offerings worldwide.

Nikko AM is a leading asset management group headquartered in Japan. Established over 45 years ago, the company has $99.1 billion in assets under management, its investment trusts are distributed through a network of approximately 200 partner securities companies and banks. Nikko AM employs over 550 people in Tokyo, New York, London and Singapore.

Alex Akesson
Contributing Writer
HedgeCo.Net
Email: Editor@hedgeco.net

 

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