FinCity.Tokyo (東京国際金融機構)

Excitement over Japan’s plans to architect an ‘Asset Management-led Nation’ was palpable at the FinCity Global Forum and Tokyo Asset Management Forum, two of FinCity.Tokyo (東京国際金融機構)'s flagship events which were held over the course of a single day on 31 January. Over the last six months, the sense of optimism has snowballed as Prime Minister Kishida and the Financial Services Agency unveiled a series of reforms focused on upgrading the asset management industry, including promoting the Emerging Managers Program (EMP) in Japan to drive investment into small-but-distinctive asset managers. We would like to thank the 25+ experts, from political leaders and academics to asset owners and emerging managers, for shedding light on many recent developments through their discussion and debates of how best to implement reform. Please enjoy some of the events' highlights in our article below, and we hope to see you there again next year!

Excitement over Japan’s plans to architect an ‘Asset Management-led Nation’ was palpable at the FinCity Global Forum and Tokyo Asset Management Forum, two of FinCity.Tokyo (東京国際金融機構)'s flagship events which were held over the course of a single day on 31 January. Over the last six months, the sense of optimism has snowballed as Prime Minister Kishida and the Financial Services Agency unveiled a series of reforms focused on upgrading the asset management industry, including promoting the Emerging Managers Program (EMP) in Japan to drive investment into small-but-distinctive asset managers. We would like to thank the 25+ experts, from political leaders and academics to asset owners and emerging managers, for shedding light on many recent developments through their discussion and debates of how best to implement reform. Please enjoy some of the events' highlights in our article below, and we hope to see you there again next year!

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This week, FinCity.Tokyo (東京国際金融機構) was delighted to host a group of students from James Madison University's Executive MBA program in Tokyo. Thanks to the program's organizers Matt Rutherford, Mert Tokman, Michael Prior, MBA, Anna Boley, Lauren Delesky, Melanie Spangler, as well as the students for their participation - we hope to see you all of you back in Japan in future!

Thank you to all of the excellent speakers who shared their perspectives on Tokyo's recent 'inflection point' and its development as an asset management center at the FinCity Global Forum and Tokyo Asset Management Forum one month ago! Reflecting on the event, FinCity.Tokyo (東京国際金融機構) has compiled a few highlights from the day's presentations and discussions below. Keiichi Aritomo Sadayuki Horie Seiji Kihara Keiji Hattori Yuriko Koike Naohide Une Katsunori Tanaka Tokihiko Shimizu Kaz Sakamoto Masaki Gotoh Makiko Sato（Shigematsu）石田英和 Kirk Sims, CFA Mathieu Klein Mizuha Suzuki David S. Chie Ito Takeshi Kimura Adam Watson Masahiro SHUTO CMA, MRICS Hideto Fujino

Entrepreneurship and investment have gained significant momentum in Tokyo over the last year. Three industry experts came together to make sense of the current trends in a roundtable discussion hosted by FinCity.Tokyo (東京国際金融機構) and Reuters Plus. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management’s Executive Chairman and Representative Director, David S., said that Tokyo’s “new dynamism” and the rising appetite for more “equity-oriented” business approaches is making the city more enticing to foreign investors. At the same time, Semaya noted the policy push that is underway to establish an emerging managers program, which “can help revitalise asset management” by supporting small-but-outperforming asset managers, both foreign and domestic, with market entry. Semaya was joined in the discussion by two other renowned experts: Keiko Honda, who is Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs; and Yasuhiro (Yasu) Yamakawa, Ph.D., who serves as Executive Director of Venture Café Tokyo and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College. The Emerging Managers Program, which has been advocated by FinCity.Tokyo (東京国際金融機構)., is just one of the recent policy initiatives aimed at entrepreneurs. “Supportive government policies are creating a mindset shift regarding access for foreign entrepreneurs,” said Yasuhiro Yamakawa. According to Yamakawa, even METI officials are now tweeting about the positive changes. “Everyone is pulling in the same direction and we haven’t really seen that before. It sends a strong signal to entrepreneurs.” Beyond these recent developments, Tokyo boasts “obvious benefits” for foreign firms, including its trusted hard currency, political stability, and the rule of law, said Keiko Honda. “Tokyo, as the largest city in the world, offers a significant concentration of firms, which is a huge advantage. Banks, global finance institutions, technology giants, venture capitals—you can reach them all within 30 mins,” said Honda. Read more from Reuters Plus: https://lnkd.in/gK4dWQBY

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