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Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd.

Tokyo, JapanSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110997

Filed as AMOVA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO.,LTD.

Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Tokyo, Japan, registered since 1999, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026.

27 years
registered since 1999
$247,426,800,740
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. located?

Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd.'s principal office is in Tokyo, Japan, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?

Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110997.

How much does Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. manage?

Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. reports $247,426,800,740 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $254,089,325,360 in the October 2021 data and $247,426,800,740 in the October 2026 data, down 3%. Total employees: 500 in October 2021 and 632 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (757); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (46); sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions (21).

Which custodians does Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. use?

Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Mufg Bank, Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited.(london Branch) and The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd., as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/110997

What changed in Amova Asset Management Co.,ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated June 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$247,426,800,740

$247,426,800,740 as of October 2026, filing dated September 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $247,276,858,232.Non-discretionary: $149,942,508.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 3 Assets $327,904,425 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 757 Assets $228,512,182,390 (92%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 46 Assets $2,522,929,072 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 4 Assets $57,063,580 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $189,352,193 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 7 Assets $1,731,297,402 (1%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 21 Assets $14,086,071,678 (6%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (27 years)
Employees
Total: 632. Performing investment advisory functions: 152.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Mufg Bank, Ltd.Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited.(london Branch)The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.,

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
FukuokaOsakaTokyo
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$254B 2021 $225B 2022 $192B 2023 $222B 2024 $214B 2025 $247B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$247,426,800,740632September 28, 2026
October 2025$213,773,628,130620July 16, 2025
October 2024$222,458,516,754600June 26, 2024
October 2023$192,224,444,130600September 5, 2023
October 2022$225,043,060,909600July 19, 2022
October 2021$254,089,325,360500October 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $254,089,325,360 in the October 2021 data and $247,426,800,740 in the October 2026 data, down 3%.

Total employees: 500 in October 2021 and 632 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. July 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 140 to 152.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $213,773,628,130 to $247,426,800,740 (+16%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. May 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. December 2025
    • Changed its legal name from Nikko Asset Management Co Ltd to Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd..

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
amova-am.comglobal.amova-am.comnote.com/kamiyama_view

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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