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GCI has four parts to its corporate philosophy, being ‘sincerity’, ‘fairness’, ‘contribution’ and ‘challenge’. Based on these ideas, we aspire to ‘become a globally recognised investment management firm to achieve stable absolute return and make contributions to the development of the investment services industry in Japan and Asia’. Asia is in the middle of an extremely rapid growth in all facets of the region’s economy. The speed with which capital is accumulated and private wealth is expanding surpasses that of Japan when the Japanese economy grew dramatically. As Japan matures as a nation, people are changing their attitude towards money; that is, they are getting more interested in ‘making investment’ rather than simply ‘saving money’. Hedge fund investment is still in its infancy both in Japan and Asia: however, I am convinced that the need for investment management service for absolute return which delivers long-term capital gains without unnecessarily being subject to short-term market fluctuations, will increasingly grow in the future amongst institutional investors and retail investors alike. I am certain that, given our track record and experience in absolute return investment, GCI is in a good position to contribute to the development of such investment services in Japan and Asia.
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We are always aware of where we started in the investment management business, and that is by offering sincere service to our clients. In Europe and the US, the asset management business emphasised the efficiency of economy, whilst in Japan, development was driven by the investment managers and not necessarily by the clients. I realise the weight of responsibility of managing clients’ assets and would like to combine in our management the merit of Western style management, which is rationality, and that of the Japanese, which focused on detail as well as teamwork. All staffs at GCI would be honoured to be a part of brighter financial futures for our clients by delivering a long-term stable investment performance as well as the preservation of assets. |
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Over the years, we have built a wide network of people in the alternative investment world, including first-class fund managers and service providers in Europe and the US. At the same time, we have also made a solid foundation in Japan as our headquarters to build a track record in hedge fund investment as well as in funds of hedge funds which are focused on Asia. We have accumulated experience and know-how and shall continue to strive for offering management solutions in hedge fund and absolute return investments which meet the needs of the clients. It is quite rare in Japan to find that an investment management house has a dual role of being a gatekeeper of FoF and managing a hedge funds. This, however, enabled us to learn the hedge fund business inside out and we are in a good position to take the best advantage of what we learnt to become ‘the best service provider in alternative investments’ which wins the client’s trust. |
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Our strength is ‘business’ and ‘people’. We apply our experience and know-how in hedge fund management to our best advantage when we manage our funds, and we have every intention to continue to deliver a long-term stable investment return. As far as ‘people’ is concerned, GCI is a group of people who have an ambition to manage a globally-recognisable fund of our own and make ourselves useful to those clients who entrust their assets to our care. Our background is diversified – from equities fund management to fund administration, to work experience with Japanese financial institutions and foreign securities houses. We share a challenger spirit that we would like to do something new. Our people connection extends to the professionals in the hedge fund industry and in Asia, thanks to our subsidiary in Singapore, and those in academic circles, all of whom are our assets. Our staff with various expertise work together as a team with aspirations to make GCI asset management accepted in the world. We broaden our horizons to the world and we are advancing into the future – that is exactly what GCI is all about. |
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