Japan asset managers' profits shrink on index fund boom, foreign fees

Net income down at 5 out of 7 companies despite stock market rally

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Japanese asset managers worry about investors cashing out their gains from the country's stock market rally. (Photo by Nanami Sato)

OKI HIDAKA and MISAKI MORIKAWA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Five out of seven leading asset management companies in Japan saw earnings slide last fiscal year as customers gravitated toward low-cost investment products.

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