The Japanese asset management company has broadened its equity and multi-asset offering.

Tokyo-based Nikko Asset Management has expanded its UCITS range with a global equity and a multi-asset fund.

The Nikko Asset Management Global Equity Fund will focus on long-term drivers of global equity. It will be headed up by William Low, who with his six-strong team, will look to build high conviction portfolios, offering exposures across developed and emerging markets. The Edinburgh-based team manages benchmark-agnostic, long-only global equity portfolios.

Low previously managed the high-alpha equity team at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership now owned by Aberdeen Asset Management. 

The Nikko Asset Management Global Multi-Asset Fund, run by Al Clark, comprises an 18-member team that currently oversees $24 billion of assets. 
 
The asset manager plans to launch more UCITS funds in the coming months to meet global investors’ demand for exposure to more markets and strategies, Nikko said.
     
“UCITS funds are an excellent way for clients in EMEA and other regions to access global investments in an easily accessible and efficient manner. The launch of more UCITS funds is central to our strategic effort to significantly expand our business in EMEA,” said the company’s executive vice president and global head of sales, Takuya Koyama.
 
Nikko Asset Management has approximately £104 billion ($162 billion) in assets under management.