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Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited

Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JapanSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 148239

Filed as FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (JAPAN) LIMITED

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, registered since 2008, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
$2,361,303,759
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited 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 Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited located?

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited's principal office is in Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, according to its Form ADV.

Is Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited registered with the SEC or a state?

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 148239.

How much does Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited manage?

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited reports $2,361,303,759 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $7,832,587,288 in the October 2021 data and $2,361,303,759 in the October 2026 data, down 70%. Total employees: 15 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 Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (3).

Does Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/148239

What changed in Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 8. Regulatory assets under management went from $2,811,367,460 to $2,361,303,759 (-16%).

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 29, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,361,303,759

$2,361,303,759 as of October 2026, filing dated June 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,361,303,759.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
Investment companies
Clients 3 Assets $2,361,303,759 (100%)

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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$7.83B 2021 $6.99B 2022 $2.94B 2023 $2.8B 2024 $2.81B 2025 $2.36B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,361,303,75912June 29, 2026
October 2025$2,811,367,46012June 27, 2025
October 2024$2,803,049,87511June 28, 2024
October 2023$2,942,503,96311September 8, 2023
October 2022$6,988,147,78913July 22, 2022
October 2021$7,832,587,28815July 22, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,832,587,288 in the October 2021 data and $2,361,303,759 in the October 2026 data, down 70%.

Total employees: 15 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 9 to 8.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,811,367,460 to $2,361,303,759 (-16%).
  2. June 2026
    • 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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