Top China wealth manager expands to Japan as home market stalls

Top China wealth manager expands to Japan as home market stalls Top China wealth manager expands to Japan as home market stalls

HONG KONG — One of China’s top wealth managers is expanding into Japan, where it sees a growing clientele of rich Chinese who have left their homeland in challenging economic times.

Noah Holdings says it has more than 10,000 clients with more than 5 million yuan ($688,000) in net assets overall. But with the Chinese economy beset by a yet-to-bottom-out crisis in the property market — which accounts for a majority of Chinese wealth — the manager’s mainland revenue declined for three consecutive quarters this year, compared with 2023.