People Moves
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust International Brings In New MD; Predecessor Returns To Japan
This publication carries latest news and views of moves and appointments in wealth management.
Japan-based Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, holding $446 billion
assets under management at the end of last year, has appointed
Yukihiro Murota as managing director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust
International Limited in London, taking over from Hisaya
Kambayashi who is returning to SuMi TRUST’s head office in
Tokyo.
Murota will have responsibility for managing all aspects of SuMi
TRUST’s global asset management business and driving growth in
the EMEA region. He has been with SMTIL since April this year.
Previously, he was associate general maanger of the fiduciary
business planning department at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, the
parent company of SMTIL.
Between 2005 and 2009, Murota was in charge of client portfolio
management for public pension clients for the bank. From 1996 to
2005 he was a portfolio manager of global bond funds at SMTB, and
also gained experience as a strategist on world economy and
markets.
