Kozo Koide

Asset Management One Co.  Ltd

Kozo Koide is the Chief Economist at Asset Management One Co.  Ltd.,  which  is  the largest Japanese asset management company with about 52 trillion yen (approximately 505 billion US$) assets under its management in October 2016. Asset Management One was established by four-party consolidation in Mizuho Financial Group in October 2016. He joined DIAM Co., Ltd. (formerly DL-IBJ Asset Management) in October 2000. Mr. Koide provides the economic view for investment strategies, formulates investment ideas and universe for investment trusts for DIAM.  He serves as  the exclusive member from an  asset management business of the Regular Interview Meeting by the Chief Policy Coordinator of the Japan Cabinet Office from 2004fy to 2005fy and Member of the Investors’ Committee of Local Government Bond, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications since 2002. He attends the US-JAPAN Financial Symposium held by Harvard Law School since 2003 as the first member from asset management business in Japan. He is invited to NBEIC (US National Business Economics Issues Council) since 2007 as the only member from Asia. He also joined GIC (Global Interdependence Center) since 2007 and was assigned for Speaker Delegate in Prague, Paris, Rome, Milan, Denver and Jackson Hole in the past. He appears regularly in Nikkei CNBC. He teaches market economy at Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, Tohoku and Waseda University upon the request from Japan Investment Advisers Association.

Prior to joining DIAM, Mr. Koide led the research activities for the Japanese economy at the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) as a senior economist (Jan 92 – Feb 97), formulated strategy of ALM serving as the chief correspondent with the Bank of  Japan  at  the Treasury Department (Feb 97 – Aug 99), Promote IR for IBJ at Corporate Planning Department (Aug 99 – Oct 00).

Mr. Koide has had the following articles published:

“The Valuation Model and the Cost of  Capital for M&A”

The Japan Security Analyst Journal, Oct. 2004 “The Current Status and Characteristics of  Global REIT”

The Japan Security Analyst Journal, Nov. 2004

“Future of Real Estate Investment by Institutional Investors  — Looking back the nature  of  investment in REITs — ”       The Japan Security Analyst Journal, Dec. 2009

“An Invitation to Asset Management” (a joint author) Toyo-Keizai-Shinpo-Sha, Mar. 2010

He is a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan (a member of Monitoring Committee) and a member of Japan Society of Monetary Economics. He graduated Law Department of the University of Tokyo, and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University with cross registration at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School.