Montreal-headquartered asset manager Fiera Capital is accelerating its regulated services offering in Japan with the appointment of a new chief operating officer and chief compliance officer, Japan.

Fiera Capital has appointed Takafumi Sudo (pictured) as chief operating officer and chief compliance officer of Japan, Fiera Capital (Asia), effective immediately. 

Drawing on over three decades of experience in the asset management industry, including compliance, management, trading and risk management at Nomura Asset Management, Sudo will be responsible for all aspects of Fiera’s regulatory and corporate compliance in Japan. He will report to Ranulph Day, head of compliance EMEA and Asia, and CJ Morrell, head of Japan.

Sudo's newly-created role will support Fiera's efforts to obtain regulatory approval to conduct Type II Financial Instruments Business activities in Japan, supplementary to its existing activities conducted under a limited regulatory framework.

Prior to joining Fiera, Sudo spent nearly 30 years at Nomura Asset Management, one of Japan’s largest asset management companies, the firm said in a statement. Most recently, he was senior compliance manager there, managing cross-border compliance matters relating to the firm’s international operations. He later acted as chief compliance officer at UI Japan, the Japan office of UI Group, an investment, development and asset management firm involved with industrial real estate.

“His appointment represents a significant step in expanding our offering to institutional, wholesale and financial intermediary clients in Japan, meeting a growing demand for specialist, highly customisable solutions across both public and private markets,” Morrell said.

Building on nearly 25-years of operating in Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea, the expansion of Fiera’s Japanese offering across its public and private markets strategies allows the company to increase its focus on the country amid a period of economic reform. It follows the appointment of John Cappetta as head of Asia excluding Japan and Korea in October 2024 and Morrell as head of Japan in April 2024, supporting the wider rollout of the company’s regionalised distribution model.

“Fiera’s nearly 25-year track record of operation across Asian markets, as well as its capabilities across the full suite of private and public markets, means it is well placed to capture growing appetite among Japanese clients for diversified investments,” Sudo said. 

Headquartered in Montreal, Fiera Capital, with its affiliates in various jurisdictions, has offices in over a dozen cities around the world, including Tokyo, New York, London, and Hong Kong. It has more than $116 billion in assets under management (AuM) as at 31 March 2025.