8 Dec 2025
London, LND, GB, EC2M 2AT
SMBC: A trusted partner for the long term
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Who we are
SMDAM UK is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Ltd, one of the largest investment management companies in Japan, offering discretionary investment management, investment trust and advisory services to a range of institutional investors, pension funds and government agencies worldwide.
Private Markets team is the department in SMDAM UK responsible for establishing and operating investment vehicles focused on providing investors with access to European LBO direct lending / private credit investments.
- Private Markets (PM) is a fast-growing investment business with a differentiated proposition.
- Set up to build and grow a fund & SMA product across the Private Debt spectrum, with an initial focus in Direct Lending, the strategy is to expand sequentially incorporate IG Private Debt, NAV, Asset Based Lending and Real Assets.
- SMBC PM collaborates with SMBC (a leading global Japanese financial institution) and has access to origination and sourcing channels across EMEA.
SMDAM/SMBC specialises in many of the hard to access, growing areas of private markets and at a time when access and deployment are key to success this is key competitive edge.
- The Private Markets team has overseen the successful launch of a first private debt fund and is in the phases of launching a successor fund.
- The team began as part of SMBC with heritage at GE Capital but has now transferred to SMDAM UK (a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Ltd, one of the largest investment management companies in Japan) to spearhead the growth of Private Markets.
- SMBC and SMDAM are part of the SMFG group (the 14th largest
