A roundtable discussion on the Japanese version of the EMP, utilizing the “EM Showcase,” has been published.
This article was automatically translated.
A roundtable discussion on the theme of “The Plan for Realizing a Nation of Asset Management: EMP” was featured in the “Responsible Investment Report 2025” published on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, by Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd., a full member of FinCity.Tokyo.
In this roundtable discussion, Takayuki Haruna, a FinCity.Tokyo director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Kanpo Life Insurance, hosted Keiko Tashiro of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (a FinCity.Tokyo full member) and Yutaka Shimizu of Kadila Capital Management Co., Ltd.
Japan Post Insurance, Daiwa Securities Group Inc., and Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd. (a consolidated subsidiary of the Daiwa Securities Group), jointly operate the Emerging Managers Program (EMP). Kadila Capital Management is an emerging manager (EM) featured in the “EM Showcase 2024” and manages the “Kadila Japan Equity Fund,” which was the first project under the EMP.
In this roundtable discussion, participants discussed the current status of the EMP, the challenges it faces, and future prospects for realizing Japan’s vision of becoming a nation of asset management. For more details, please visit the link below.
Click here for the link (the roundtable discussion is featured on page 16.)
Kanpo Life Insurance Co., Ltd. “Responsible Investment Report 2025”
Additionally, the FinCity.Tokyo initiative “EM Showcase” is as follows.
[What is EM Showcase?]
The EM Showcase is an initiative aimed at raising awareness of “Emerging Managers (EM)” among institutional investors both in Japan and abroad.
From among domestic EMs that meet the criteria established by FinCity.Tokyo, we select and announce companies that possess unique investment approaches or philosophies, as well as those proposing business models not traditionally found within the industry.
This initiative began in fiscal year 2023. In the first year, 15 EMs were selected and announced; in fiscal year 2024, 23 EMs; and in fiscal year 2025, 16 EMs. The selection of EMs for the showcase is conducted by a selection committee comprising major domestic asset management firms and asset owners.
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