FSA Publishes Progress on Advancing Asset Management Services

The Financial Services Agency conducts cross-sector monitoring of various financial institutions that provide asset management functions. As society and the economic and financial environment continue to change, financial institutions are expected to further advance their business operations and asset management services. The FSA compiled the results of the monitoring conducted during the current business year into a progress report.

Financial institutions are expected to operate their businesses while continuously considering the best interests of households and asset owners in light of changes in the social, economic, and financial environment, and to strengthen their efforts to further advance asset management services.

The published report is titled “Progress Report 2026 Toward Advancing Asset Management Services.” In addition to the standard edition, an executive summary was also published. Some reference materials concerning “1. Toward Advancing Asset Management Operations and Asset Management Administration” are scheduled for publication at a later date. As related commissioned research, the FSA published research commissioned from the QUICK Asset Management Institute measuring representative key performance indicators (KPIs) showing the investment performance of domestic asset management companies and analyzing various issues concerning domestic publicly offered investment trusts.