Maples Group Advises Nomura on Launch of Nomura Fund Select – Apollo Multi Alternative Strategies Fund Launch
Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, is pleased to announce that its Asia Funds & Investment Management practice has advised Global Funds Trust Company (“GFTC”), a member of the Nomura Group, on the launch of Nomura Fund Select – Apollo Multi Alternative Strategies Fund (the “Fund”).
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The Fund, which launched on 22 December 2025, is structured as a Cayman Islands unit trust and is authorised for public offering in Japan.
The Fund will be distributed in Japan by Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. and the Fund’s investment adviser is Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
The Fund’s investment objective is to provide returns from capital invested in private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate and/or other investments, while reducing investment risks through diversification across countries, sectors and investment styles. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in Apollo Aligned Alternatives (E-1), an open-ended investment compartment of Apollo Private Markets SICAV.
A team of lawyers based in the firm’s Singapore office acted as Cayman Islands counsel to GFTC and was led by Funds & Investment Management Partner, Nick Harrold and assisted by Associates Costa Valtas and Nicholas Lim.
Commenting on the transaction, Nick Harrold said, “Japan is now one of the fastest-growing sources of capital for alternative strategies worldwide. This launch is an important milestone, but more importantly, it signals the beginning of a much larger opportunity as Japanese investors start deploying a share of their US$7 trillion in household savings into risk assets.”
The Maples Group provides a full range of funds services to the industry’s heavyweights, as well as new entrants to the market, focusing on the structuring and establishment of Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Irish and Jersey funds targeted at Japanese investors.
