January 23, 2015 12:00 AM

The largest Asian managers, by year

Rank	Overall rank	Manager	Country	Assets
Ranked by total worldwide assets under management, in U.S. millions. Overall rank indicates firm's position among all managers worldwide.
As of Dec. 31, 2013
1	31	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	Japan	$635,020
2	33	Sumitomo Mitsui Trust & Bank	Japan	$609,720
3	35	Nippon Life Insurance	Japan	$600,461
4	40	Zenkyoren	Japan	$479,200
5	45	Samsung Group	South Korea	$416,060
6	52	Macquarie Group	Australia	$330,617
7	55	Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance	Japan	$306,287
8	57	Nomura Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$301,467
9	61	Shinkin Central Bank	Japan	$284,886
10	75	Mizuho Financial Group	Japan	$227,525
11	80	Sumitomo Life Insurance	Japan	$222,300
12	90	Commonwealth Bank Group	Australia	$187,352
13	93	Resona Bank	Japan	$185,559
14	104	Nikko Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$161,000
15	116	Dai-ichi Life Insurance	Japan	$133,000
16	119	NAB/MLC	Australia	$128,743
17	123	AMP Capital	Australia	$124,411
18	132	ORIX	Japan	$115,995
19	160	Westpac Banking	Australia	$82,782
20	171	Pacific Century Group	Hong Kong	$73,500
21	176	Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$70,218
22	180	QIC	Australia	$67,232
23	193	China Asset Mgmt.	China	$58,660
24	195	Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance	Japan	$58,523
25	199	Tokio Marine Holdings	Japan	$55,860
26	202	Harvest Fund Mgmt.	China	$54,523
27	217	Daiwa Securities Group	Japan	$49,033
28	229	IFM Investors	Australia	$44,323
29	240	NKSJ Holdings	Japan	$39,932
30	241	Challenger	Australia	$39,914
31	251	China Southern Fund Mgmt.	China	$37,144
32	258	Mirae Asset Financial Group	South Korea	$34,963
33	269	Bosera Asset Mgmt.	China	$32,313
34	276	Reliance Capital	India	$30,322
35	295	Korea Investment Holdings	South Korea	$27,247
36	296	Antares Capital	Australia	$27,062
37	313	E Fund Mgmt.	China	$24,534
38	330	Perpetual	Australia	$22,448
39	340	Platinum Investment Mgmt.	Australia	$20,572
40	349	Magellan Asset Mgmt.	Australia	$18,961
41	358	HDFC Asset Mgmt.	India	$17,602
42	362	T&D Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$17,072
43	363	Perennial Investment	Australia	$16,954
44	369	Fullgoal Fund	China	$16,580
45	371	Hanwha Group	South Korea	$16,428
46	379	Vinva Investment Mgmt.	Australia	$14,772
47	387	Lend Lease Investment Mgmt.	Australia	$14,019
48	389	Birla Sun Life Asset Mgmt.	India	$13,727
49	390	GPT Group	Australia	$13,487
50	405	UTI Asset Mgmt.	India	$12,008
51	424	Value Partners	Hong Kong	$10,489
52	425	State Bank of India	India	$10,427
53	438	BOCI-Prudential	Hong Kong	$9,654
54	443	Charter Hall	Australia	$9,441
55	445	Ausbil Investment Mgmt.	Australia	$9,026
56	446	JCP Investment Partners	Australia	$9,018
57	451	Kyobo Life Insurance	South Korea	$8,698
58	462	Maple-Brown Abbott Investment	Australia	$8,233
59	468	HFA Holdings	Australia	$8,085
60	472	Rongtong Fund Mgmt.	China	$7,753
61	475	Investa	Australia	$7,631
62	477	Paradice Investment Mgmt.	Australia	$7,542
63	478	Cooper Investors	Australia	$7,529
64	479	Lion Fund Mgmt.	China	$7,524
65	483	Hastings Funds Mgmt.	Australia	$7,400
66	485	Dongbu	South Korea	$7,260
67	495	RARE Infrastructure	Australia	$7,070
68	500	SPARX Group	Japan	$6,831
Asia total				$6,721,929
% of worldwide total				8.80%
As of Dec. 31, 2008
Rank	Overall rank	Manager	Country	Assets
1	24	Nippon Life Insurance	Japan	$552,214
2	34	Zenkyoren	Japan	$397,530
3	35	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial	Japan	$392,383
4	47	Dai-ichi Mutual Life	Japan	$296,954
5	51	Samsung Group	S. Korea	$288,306
6	55	Shinkin Central Bank	Japan	$275,173
7	57	Mizuho Financial Group	Japan	$268,839
8	59	Sumitomo Trust & Banking	Japan	$259,093
9	62	Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance	Japan	$256,899
10	67	Chuo Mitsui Trust	Japan	$231,566
11	68	Nomura Holdings	Japan	$219,075
12	70	Sumitomo Life Insurance	Japan	$205,988
13	73	Life Insurance of India	India	$189,677
14	85	Resona Trust & Banking	Japan	$164,677
15	94	T&D Holdings	Japan	$137,563
16	96	Daiwa Securities Group	Japan	$135,292
17	122	Colonial First State Global	Australia	$89,013
18	123	Toko Marine & Nichido Fire	Japan	$88,921
19	126	Macquarie Bank Group	Australia	$85,093
20	128	Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance	Japan	$84,565
21	134	Mitsui Life Insurance	Japan	$74,401
22	135	AMP	Australia	$72,478
23	136	Nikko Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$72,332
24	148	Asahi Mutual Life Insurance	Japan	$63,049
25	152	National Australia Bank	Australia	$57,779
26	155	Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance	Japan	$54,633
27	156	Korea Investment Holdings	S. Korea	$53,865
28	163	Sompo Japan Insurance	Japan	$50,353
29	167	Cathay Life Insurance	Taiwan	$49,030
30	172	Queensland Investment	Australia	$46,665
31	173	Mirae Asset Financial Group	S. Korea	$46,136
32	181	Hanwha Group	S. Korea	$42,845
33	216	China Asset Mgmt.	China	$30,807
34	230	Harvest Fund Mgmt.	China	$28,439
35	237	Westpac	Australia	$26,505
36	255	Bosera Fund Mgmt.	China	$23,641
37	260	Suncorp Metway	Australia	$23,244
38	274	Kyobo Life Insurance	S. Korea	$20,898
39	278	Reliance Capital	India	$19,672
40	294	Perpetual	Australia	$16,765
41	303	E Fund Mgmt.	China	$15,611
42	332	China Southern Fund	China	$13,060
43	345	Challenger Financial	Australia	$11,588
44	364	Da Cheng Fund Mgmt.	China	$10,320
45	370	Hua An Fund Mgmt.	China	$10,140
46	373	Perennial Investment	Australia	$9,983
47	376	KDB AMC	S. Korea	$9,841
48	377	Platinum Asset Mgmt.	Australia	$9,840
49	380	GF Fund Mgmt.	China	$9,770
50	384	HDFC Asset Mgmt.	India	$9,403
51	396	UTI Asset Mgmt.	India	$8,556
52	402	SPARX Group	Japan	$8,355
53	412	KTB AMC	S. Korea	$7,704
54	414	China Galaxy Asset Mgmt.	China	$7,630
55	416	China Universal Asset Mgmt.	China	$7,530
56	420	Maple-Brown Abbott	Australia	$7,404
57	422	China Merchants Fund Mgmt.	China	$7,339
58	424	Insurance Australia Group	Australia	$7,309
59	425	Yinhua Fund Mgmt.	China	$7,295
60	427	CJ Asset Mgmt.	S. Korea	$7,027
61	442	Lend Lease	Australia	$6,489
62	471	State Bank of India	India	$5,028
63	487	Balanced Equity Mgmt.	Australia	$4,688
64	488	Guotai Fund Mgmt.	China	$4,620
Asia total				$5,698,888
% of worldwide total				10.68%
As of Dec. 31, 2003
Rank	Overall rank	Manager	Country	Assets
1	8	Kampo	Japan	$877,049
2	30	Nippon	Japan	$355,383
3	38	Zenkyoren	Japan	$331,329
4	49	Mitsubishi Trust & Banking	Japan	$238,500
5	50	Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance	Japan	$234,598
6	51	Norinchukin Bank Group	Japan	$233,771
7	53	Sumitomo Trust & Banking	Japan	$228,670
8	63	Mitsui Trust Holdings	Japan	$180,281
9	64	Sumitomo Life Insurance	Japan	$177,327
10	71	Mizuho Trust & Banking	Japan	$160,222
11	83	Nomura Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$136,945
12	85	Meiji Life Insurance	Japan	$130,566
13	88	Resona Holdings	Japan	$126,186
14	100	AMP	Australia	$107,584
15	103	UFJ Trust Bank	Japan	$104,164
16	123	Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance	Japan	$75,993
17	125	Commonwealth Bank Australia	Australia	$74,913
18	136	Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance	Japan	$62,174
19	137	Samsung Life Insurance	Korea	$61,101
20	140	Daiwa Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$58,017
21	141	Nikko Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$57,096
22	144	Lend Lease	Australia	$54,678
23	147	Taiyo Mutual Life Insurance	Japan	$53,006
24	149	Asahi Mutual Life Insurance	Japan	$52,755
25	150	Tokio Marine & Fire	Japan	$51,690
26	153	National Australia Bank	Australia	$49,436
27	156	Daido Life Insurance	Japan	$49,141
28	163	DLIBJ Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$46,917
29	166	Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance	Japan	$45,684
30	167	Macquarie Bank Group	Australia	$44,148
31	168	Nissay Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$43,465
32	170	Cathay Life Insurance	Taiwan	$42,799
33	173	Life Insurance of India	India	$42,060
34	182	Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance	Japan	$38,632
35	195	Sompo Japan Insurance	Japan	$34,854
36	204	Westpac	Australia	$31,457
37	205	Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$31,434
38	215	Hanwha Group	Korea	$28,462
39	226	Kyobo Life	Korea	$24,953
40	230	Queensland Investment	Australia	$23,781
41	231	Daiwa SB Investments	Japan	$23,676
42	232	Nipponkoa Insurance	Japan	$23,663
43	255	Daehan Investment Trust	Korea	$20,465
44	260	T&D Asset Management	Japan	$19,042
45	270	Korea Investment Trust	Korea	$17,259
46	284	Dai-ichi Kangyo Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$15,421
47	301	ANZ Investments	Australia	$13,637
48	304	Perpetual Investment Mgmt.	Australia	$13,573
49	308	Nichido Fire & Marine	Japan	$13,206
50	314	Maple-Brown Abbott	Australia	$12,900
51	317	Tokyo-Mitsubishi Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$12,720
52	324	Tokio Marine Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$11,871
53	328	UFJ Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$11,546
54	335	Unit Trust of India	India	$11,135
55	345	Sompo Japan Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$10,574
56	359	Fuji Investment Mgmt.	Japan	$9,525
57	365	Insurance Australia Group	Australia	$9,063
58	374	Nissay Dowa General Insurance	Japan	$8,658
59	386	Asahi Life Asset Mgmt.	Japan	$7,793
60	390	Suncorp Metway	Australia	$7,672
61	401	Challenger Financial	Australia	$7,139
62	470	Perennial Investment	Australia	$4,674
Asia total				$5,086,433
% of worldwide total				11.74%
Source: The P&I/Towers Watson World 500