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| Company Name | Monex Alternative Investments, Inc. | ||||||||||
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| Headquarters | Pacific Century Place Marunouchi 20th floor Marunouchi 1-11-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6220, JAPAN Telephone +81-3-6212-3898 Fax +81-3-3216-7849 [Map] |
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| Date Established | October 22, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Capital | JPY 95 million | ||||||||||
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| Number of Employees | 11 (as of June 30, 2008) | ||||||||||
| Major Shareholders | Monex Group, Inc. 55% Asuka Asset Management, Ltd. 45% |
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| Main Business Activity | Discretionary Investment Management Business and Investment Advisory Business Financial Instruments Firms: Director General of the Kanto Local Financial Bureau Registration Number 1078 A Member of Japan Securities Investment Advisors Association |
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| Asset Under Management | JPY 24.1 billion (as of March 31, 2008) |
Monex Alternative Investments, Inc.
| Oct 22, 2004 | Establishment of Monex Alternative Investments, Inc. |
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| Nov 30, 2004 | Inception of the first fund of funds "Monex Fund of Funds I." |
| Jul 6, 2005 | Inception of fund of hedge funds "Asia Focus" |
| Aug 10, 2006 | Inception of equity long short fund "China Focus" |
| Sep 28, 2006 | Increased capital to JPY95 million |
| Dec 15, 2006 | Inception of fund of private equity funds "Premium Hybrid 2006" |
| Sep 3, 2007 | Authorization of Discretionary Investment Management Business License |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Inception of fund of private equity funds "Premium Hybrid 2007" |
| Shigeo Mizuta | Shigeo Mizuta is President and Representative Director of MAI since 2006. Formerly, he was at Nomura BlackRock Asset Management which he established as the President and co-founder in 1999. Prior to Nomura BlackRock, he worked for Salomon Brothers Asia and Morgan Stanley Japan. Mizuta earned his MS degree from Stanford University, Graduate School of Engineering, and holds a BS from Tokyo University. |
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| Mamoru Wakisaka | Mr. Wakisaka is Director of MAI since 2008. He worked for Nikko Securities for 32 years where he served various executive positions including Deputy Chief Operating!!Officer of Corporate Business Group and Executive Officer of Compliance Group. He joined Monex, Inc. in October 2005 and served as Director, Head of Investment Banking Division. He sits on board of WR Hambrecht & Co. Japan Inc. since June 2008. Mr. Wakisaka holds a BA from Shiga University. |
| Shinichiro Shiraki | Mr. Shinichiro Shiraki is founding member of MAI since he joined the firm in 2005 from Asuka Asset Management and Director of MAI since 2007. Prior to joining MAI, he worked for the UFJ Group (now Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group), where he created the Proprietary Hedge Fund Investment Department. He is Chartered Member of Security Analyst Association of Japan and Vice Chairman of AIMA(Alternative Investment Management Association) Japan Chapter. Shiraki earned his Masters in Finance degree from London Business School and holds a BA from Keio University. |
| Oki Matsumoto | Member of Advisory Committee Mr. Oki Matsumoto is currently CEO of Monex Group, Inc. He established Monex, Inc. in 1999, which is one of the major online securities firms in Japan. Prior to establishing Monex, Inc., he was a General Partner at Goldman Sachs, where he co-headed the Fixed Income & Currency Business for its Tokyo operation. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he worked for Salomon Brothers Asia where he started his career in 1987. He currently serves as member of board the Tokyo Stock Exchange and also board member of Japan Securities Dealer Association. Matsumoto was appointed member of Economic Council to Prime Minister in 1999, chosen as one of "25 Rising Stars", next-generation global leaders by Fortune Magazine, and a "Global Leaders for Tomorrow" by World Economic Forum in 2001. Matsumoto holds a BA from Tokyo University. |
| Mamoru Taniya | Member of Advisory Committee Mamoru Taniya is the Chief Executive Officer of Asuka Asset Management, Ltd. and the Board Member of Monex Group, Inc. He has a broad range of investment experiences covering from fixed-income derivatives to private equities. Prior to founding Asuka in 2002, he was a Director at Tudor Capital Japan, where he started its private equity business in Japan. He was previously a Managing Director at Salomon Smith Barney, and he co-managed the Japan and Asia proprietary trading department at Salomon Brothers Asia. Taniya holds a BA from Tokyo University. |
| Ken Shibusawa | Member of Advisory Committee Ken Shibusawa is the Chief Executive Officer of Shibusawa and Company, Inc., a consulting firm for alternative investment. Prior to founding his company, he has worked for Moore Capital Management, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan. He is also a trustee of Shibusawa Ei'ichi Memorial Foundation, a director of KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) and serves as vice chairman for several committees, and the visiting professor at Bunkyo Gakuin University. Shibusawa earned his MBA from UCLA. |