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Mizuho Partners with Mercer to Offer Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) Services

Mizuho Financial Group, Mercer Japan, and Mercer Investments Japan have entered into a strategic collaboration to offer Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) services in Japan.

In September 2024, Goldman Sachs, through its asset management division Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), launched an OCIO business, and offered this service first to pension funds of subsidiaries of foreign companies in October, before expanding the customer base to include institutions such as foundations, medical corporations, and educational institutions.

Under the strategic collaboration, Mizuho will provide comprehensive OCIO services to valued clients in Japan including pension funds and educational institutions with Mercer, a global leader in portfolio solutions, investment research, consulting, and OCIO services, through Asset Management One, an asset management subsidiary of Mizuho.

While Mizuho Trust & Banking and Asset Management One have up to now provided a variety of solutions to their clients, this collaboration for OCIO servicesprovision will enable Mizuho to further enhance its offerings and deliver comprehensive solutions for asset owners that incorporate the following

Optimized and sophisticated asset management across asset classes
Steps to address the shortage of specialized talent
Enhanced risk management
Robust and accountable reporting and oversight

Furthermore, Asset Management One aims to strengthen its investment solution capabilities, leveraging Mercer’s high-quality, proprietary manager research and global investment platform capabilities going forward. The strategic collaboration beyond OCIO services will unlock new opportunities to deliver value added services to clients.

Through offering its enhanced solutions for a wide range of asset owners in Japan, Mizuho aims to contribute to the realization of the Japanese government’s “Policy Plan for Promoting Japan as a Leading Asset Management Center”.

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