SuMi Trust has strengthened its operational and client service teams in its London, New York and Tokyo centres.

All asset servicing and client relationship activity for Japanese and Asian clients is now being carried out from Tokyo, supported by the operational and administration centre in Dublin.

“We are very pleased to have completed this important phase of our global enhancement,” said Makoto Tamino, global head of sales, who recently located to London.

“We strongly believe this more streamlined approach will significantly benefit our well established and new clients across Japan and Asia as we continue to grow our business in the region.”

The Tokyo-based asset servicing team is composed of sales, dedicated client relationship management and experienced operations staff transferred from SuMi Trust Dublin office.

They serve fund administration clients, mainly hedge fund managers, and are focused on continuing to expand the fund administration businesses in the Asian region.