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Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 126191

Filed as DAIWA ASSET MANAGEMENT (AMERICA) LTD

Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2011, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 23, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2011
$5,959,831,087
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd located?

Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd registered with the SEC or a state?

Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 126191.

How much does Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd manage?

Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd reports $5,959,831,087 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 23, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd: Regulatory assets under management: $693,145,497 in the October 2021 data and $5,959,831,087 in the October 2026 data, up 760%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (16); insurance companies (1).

Which custodians does Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd use?

Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Daiwa Asset Management (America) 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/126191

What changed in Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 11. Regulatory assets under management went from $1,724,698,448 to $5,959,831,087 (+246%). 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
  • Other

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 23, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,959,831,087

$5,959,831,087 as of October 2026, filing dated June 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,959,831,087.Non-discretionary: $0.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 16 Assets $1,873,190,944 (31%)
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets $4,086,640,143 (69%)

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
2011 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
NY

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
$693M 2021 $1.9B 2022 $1.81B 2023 $2.1B 2024 $1.72B 2025 $5.96B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,959,831,08712June 23, 2026
October 2025$1,724,698,4489June 26, 2025
October 2024$2,104,058,4008June 21, 2024
October 2023$1,814,967,85910June 20, 2023
October 2022$1,903,948,1668June 29, 2022
October 2021$693,145,4979June 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $693,145,497 in the October 2021 data and $5,959,831,087 in the October 2026 data, up 760%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 12 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. July 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 11.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,724,698,448 to $5,959,831,087 (+246%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. March 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. November 2025
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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

Not reported.

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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AdvisorCensus. Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd (CRD 126191): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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