Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – DWS, Japan

Editorial Staff

27 February 2024

DWS
DWS, the asset manager, has appointed Koichiro Obu as head of real estate, Japan in addition to his role as head of real estate research, Asia-Pacific.

In his expanded position, Obu will be responsible for developing the strategic direction of DWS’s real estate platform in Japan, and focusing on capitalising market opportunities and trends in the local real estate market, the firm said in a statement. Leading a team of investment, asset management and research professionals, he will keep his position on the DWS APAC real estate senior management team, it said.

Obu will report to Singapore-based Christopher Kimm, head of real estate, Asia-Pacific. He will retain his existing reporting line to London-based Simon Wallace, global co-head of real estate research, EMEA and APAC.

With a total of 28 years’ industry experience, Obu joined DWS in 2007. For the past 10 years, he has led the real estate research function for APAC supporting the firm’s bottom-up, top-down research driven investment approach. Previously, he was head of real estate research for Japan and South Korea.