Asset Management One Co., Ltd. is a privately owned investment manager. The firm also provides pension and retirement planning products. It primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. The firm also caters to pension and profit sharing plans, investment companies, state or municipal government entities, individuals, banking or thrift institutions, charitable organizations, other investment advisers, insurance companies, corporations, institutional investors, pension funds, public funds, financial institutions, variable annuity clients, and DC pension clients. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also launches and manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. It invests in public equity and fixed income markets across the globe with a focus on Japan. The firm also invests in alternative markets and REIT’s. For its equity investments, it invests in growth stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. The firm also employs relative return and absolute return strategies to make its investments. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a focus on top-down sector selection approach and bottom-up stock picking approach to make its investments. The firm was formerly known as DIAM Co., Ltd. It was founded in July 1985 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Asset Management One Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.