Managing Director, Product Development and Planning Dept.Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. // 野村證券株式会社 商品企画部 商品開発担当部長
Mitsuru Takahashi is in charge of development and planning of investment trust and portfolio services, such as SMA and Fund Wrap, from April 2023.
Before his transfer to Nomura Securities, Mitsuru had been in charge of product management and product strategies at Nomura Asset Management since 2020. As Head of the Product Management Dept., he managed the Client Portfolio Management Team, the Business Management Team and the Digital Solutions Team.
Before that, as a seconded employee from Nomura Asset Management, he was Managing Director-Investments at American Century Investments, representing portfolio and product management in communicating strategies and results to the firm’s clients.
Before Mitsuru joined American Century in 2016, he was a senior manager and team leader within the Financial Institution Marketing Department of Nomura Asset Management Tokyo. Previously, he served in roles as vice president and product specialist for fund of funds strategies at Nomura Asset Management UK.
Prior to that, as a portfolio manager and team leader in the Advisory Fund Management department at Nomura Asset Management Tokyo, he played a leading role in the business development of a wide range of specialist funds offered by overseas investment managers.
Mitsuru began his career in the investment industry with Kokusai Asset Management, where he was a product development manager. He has worked in the investment industry since 2001 and the financial industry since 1999.
Mitsuru holds a master’s in business administration from the London Business School.
He is a CFA® charterholder, holds the CAIA® designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the
CAIA Association, and Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan.