Translation guide
The practice of managing financial assets, investments, or property to achieve specific goals. In Japanese, the term varies depending on context: personal finance, corporate finance, or IT asset tracking.
Managing one's own money, savings, and investments for financial goals.
The most common term for personal asset management, emphasizing active investment and growing wealth.
I started asset management to prepare for retirement.
A broader term that can include budgeting, tracking net worth, and safeguarding assets, not just investment.
I'm reviewing my household finances with an asset management app.
Professional management of securities and assets on behalf of clients or a company.
Also used in corporate contexts, often paired with 会社 or 機関.
Our company engages in domestic and international asset management.
Used in corporate contexts for managing physical or financial assets, but less common for investment-focused roles.
Managing digital files, software licenses, or IT hardware inventory.
Standard term for IT asset management, often combined with IT or 情報.
We introduced an IT asset management tool.
資産運用 (shisan un'yō) focuses on actively investing and growing assets. 資産管理 (shisan kanri) is broader, including record-keeping, protection, and budgeting. For personal finance, 資産運用 is more common when talking about investments.
Loanword from English, common in finance industry job titles and company names.
He works at an asset management company.
In the asset management department, we maintain the fixed asset ledger.
Sometimes used in software or digital content contexts, but less common than 資産管理.
We are developing a digital asset management system.