Thomas Franklin Kemmsies

NAM-UK is an active, value-oriented manager with a global perspective and a medium- to long-term outlook. They perform multi-faceted research which is shared throughout the group, and local expertise is contributed by each overseas team. Their research capabilities, supported and integrated globally by proprietary systems, include fundamental analysis, company visits, market research, credit analysis, macroeconomic projections and quantitative analysis. The firm employs various strategies including active, passive and active quantitative. They invest globally through their funds in equity and fixed income, with a strong focus on the Far East.

Nomura AM Deutschland is an active investor and manages diversified portfolios with alpha potential invested in equity, fixed-income and money-market instruments. The firm focuses primarily on Japanese and Asia-Pacific equity as well as European fixed-income. As part of the Nomura Group, which is the market leading asset manager in Japan, Nomura AM Deutschland combines international expertise and local presence, and relies on research provided by their parent company's analysts for investments in Asia. The firm follows a bottom-up investment approach and utilizes fundamental, technical and quantitative management processes. They perform in-house qualitative research but also use mathematical and statistical models to identify investment opportunities. Risk management is integrated to each step of the investment process and a risk management team permanently controls portfolios. The fund management team meets daily to evaluate market conditions and make investment decisions.