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            Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd. hereby announces that its Singapore subsidiary, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Singapore Private Limited (“SuMiTAMS”), has begun operations on 9th July 2025.
      
        
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            Market Review for June 2025
Date: 1st July 2025
In June, the Japanese equity market continued to gain for the third consecutive month, with the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX indices up by 6.6% and 1.8% respectively. Supporting factors for the month’s gains were a rally in U.S. tech stocks and buying by foreign investors.
      
        
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            Notice Regarding Change of Representative Director and President
Date: 20th June 2025
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President: Yoshio Hishida) hereby announces that at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, it resolved the following concerning the change of its Representative Director and President:
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            Coffee-break Column - Reform of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market: Towards a More Attractive Market
Hiroyuki Ueno, Chief Strategist
      
          Date: 18th June 2025
In this column Hiroyuki Ueno, Chief Strategist at SuMi TRUST AM discusses how the Tokyo Stock Exchange is shaking up its Growth Market.
      
        
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            Bank of Japan Stands Pat on Rates, Plans to Slow Bond-Buying Tapering After April 2026
Date: 18th June 2025
[External Link] Katsutoshi Inadome, Chief Strategist at SuMi TRUST AM, shared his comments on the Bank of Japan's decision to maintain its current policy rate.
      
        
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            SuMi Trust’s Sakigake Fund brings Japan’s structural changes to European audience
Date: 17th June 2025
[External Link] In this piece published by Institutional Asset Manager, Katsunori Ogawa, Chief Portfolio Manager of the Sakigake High Alpha at SuMi TRUST AM, introduces the Sakigake High Alpha fund and its focus on ongoing structural changes in Japan.
      
        
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            Market Review for May 2025
Date: 2nd June 2025
In May, the Japanese equity market experienced strong performance, with the TOPIX and Nikkei 225 indices rising by 5.03% and 5.33% respectively.
      
        
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            Japanese stocks can coexist with a strong yen
Oki Shiozawa, Investment Director
      
          Date: 28th May 2025
Letter from SuMi TRUST AM - In this article we discuss how Japanese stocks can coexist with a strong yen
      
        
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            Japan's quarterly GDP shrinks for first time in a year
Date: 16th May 2025
[External Link] Katsutoshi Inadome, Chief Strategist at SuMi TRUST AM, shared his comments on US - Japan tariff negotiations and their impact on Japan's economy.