Acadian Asset Management Expands Global Footprint with Opening of New Office in Japan
Firm Awarded Discretionary Investment Management License by Japan's Ministry of Finance
BOSTON, Jan. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Acadian Asset Management LLC, a firm specializing in active global and international investing, today announced the opening of a new office in Tokyo, Japan, located at the Marunouchi Trust Tower. The firm will service clients in the region through Acadian Asset Management (Japan), its wholly owned subsidiary, which has been registered as a Discretionary Investment Management Business by the Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of Japan's Ministry of Finance.
"Japan is a highly attractive market for Acadian and we are delighted that we can now provide discretionary asset management services to Japanese institutional clients through our new Tokyo office," said Churchill G. Franklin, co-founder and CEO of Acadian. "We have assembled a highly experienced team in Japan led by Managing Director Seiji Ishii, who has extensive experience working with both U.S. and Japanese firms in the Japanese asset management market. Our Japan team will work closely with our head office in Boston and our other locations around the world to bring Acadian's unique quantitative investment management approach to Japanese clients."
As of September 2014, Acadian, along with its wholly owned affiliates, invested over $69 billion on behalf of over 130 clients including major pension funds, endowments, foundations, governments and other institutions worldwide, of which $1.3 billion is Japan sourced funds, mainly institutional.
Seiji Ishii, Managing Director of Acadian Japan, added: "Acadian was one of the first firms in the world to apply data and technology to the systematic evaluation of global investments and we can now bring our experience and resources to Japan. In an increasingly data-driven world I expect our offering in a wide range of asset classes will continue to attract strong interest from Japanese institutional investors."
About Acadian Asset Management LLC
Acadian Asset Management LLC invests on behalf of institutional investors such as pension funds, endowments, governments and foundations, as well as individual investors. As of September 30, 2014, the firm managed over $69 billion. The firm uses an innovative array of disciplined, quantitative investment techniques and analytical models for active stock selection as well as country, sector and currency valuation. Aside from managed volatility, Acadian's strategies include emerging markets, global equity, small-cap, long/short, market neutral, and non-US equity strategies. For more information on Acadian, please visit www.acadian-asset.com.
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Acadian Asset Management (Japan) is a Financial Instrument Operator (Discretionary Investment Management Business). Register Number Director-General Kanto Local Financial Bureau (Kinsho) Number 2814. Member of Japan Investment Advisers Association.
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