Fiera Capital Leans Into Japanese Private Markets Story

Editorial Staff

19 January 2026

, a Montreal-listed asset manager with $120.0 billion in assets under management (30 September 2025), has hired Chinatsu Aoyama as director, private markets specialist, Fiera Capital Asia. Aoyama has been appointed to bolster the firm’s private markets platform in the Japanese market, Fiera said in a statement.

Based in Fiera’s Tokyo office, Aoyama will support distribution of the company’s range of private markets strategies to Japanese investors.

In the position, she reports to CJ Morrell, managing director, head of Japan at Fiera Capital Asia.

Fiera’s private markets platform has about $15.0 billion in assets under management across 20 private markets strategies worldwide. These cover real estate debt and equity, natural capital, infrastructure, private credit and private equity.

Prior to his new post, Aoyama was a director at HQ Capital, a global private equity firm, based in Singapore. There, she was responsible for business development for institutional and private investors in Japan. Previously, she held positions in business development and investments at Squadron Capital, worked as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group, and began her career at Citigroup.

Fiera opened its Tokyo office in October 2025. Other recent offices have been opened in hubs including Abu Dhabi, Zurich, Madrid and The Hague.

As part of its focus on the Japan market, Fiera appointed ex-Nomura Asset Management veteran Takafumi Sudo as chief operating officer and chief compliance officer, Japan, Fiera Capital Asia, in May 2025.