Higher professionalism needed in Japanese corporate pensions: Noritz pension CIO
Corporate pension fund managers often lack formal investment skills and experience with asset management, says a CIO whose professional profile is a rare case in Japan.
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Japanese corporate pension funds must become more professional, according to Kiyoshi Iwashina, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Noritz Corporate Pension Fund.
Corporate pension CIOs, along with other executives, are often recruited from amongst a corporation’s staff, rather than from people with investment or asset management backgrounds.
Kiyoshi Iwashina
Noritz Corporate Pension Fund
“Usually in Japan, people will stay within the same compa…
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