About Bayview Asset Management
Corporate Information
Corporate Overview
Name | Bayview Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
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Location | Bancho House, 29-1 Ichibancho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0082, JAPAN Tel: +813-5210-3341 Fax: +813-5210-3385 →Access Map |
Established | January 7, 1998 |
Capital | JPY 100,000,000 |
Business | Investment Management Business (Investment Trust Management and Discretionary Investment Management) Investment Advisory and Agency Business The Second Financial Instruments Business |
Financial Instruments Firm Registration Number | Kanto Local Finance Bureau Director-General (FIF) No. 397 Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission |
Membership | The Investment Trusts Association, Japan Japan Investment Advisers Association |
Number of Officers and Employees | 70 (as of October 1, 2023) |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Ken Yagi |
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer |
Rieko Shimojo |
Director and Chief Financial Officer | Hiroaki Iwata |
Directors (Outside Director) | Kyouji Kumata Kunihiko Morishita |
Auditors (Outside Auditor) | Yoshihiko Suzuki Hiroshi Wagatsuma |
Executive Advisor | Ryusei Sato Toshio Hirota |
Advisor | Nobuaki Tomaru |
Legal Counsel | Anderson Mori & Tomotsune |
Shareholder | Bayview Holdings Co., Ltd. (a holding company mainly owned by officers and employees of Bayview Asset Management Co., Ltd.) |
Asset Under Management | JPY 799.8 billion (As of September 30, 2023) Note: Assets denominated in foreign currency are converted at US$1=JPY148 |
Assessment on Internal Control | SOC (Service Organization Control) Reporting* obtained from an independent external auditor (from FY2012) *Conducted in accordance with “Auditing and Assurance Practice Committee Practical Guideline No.86” published by the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants until 2018 and, subsequently, “Assurance Engagements Practical Guideline 3402” by the said Institute thereafter. |
Information Security Certification | Information Security Management System (ISMS) Certification (ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (JIS Q 27001:2014)) obtained from an ISO certification body (from August 2019) |
Financial Audit | Financial statement audit report obtained from an independent external auditor(from FY2010) |
Organization
Corporate Management Team
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ken Yagi
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Rieko Shimojo
Director and Chief Financial Officer
Hiroaki Iwata
Director (Outside Director)
Kyouji Kumata
Director (Outside Director)
Kunihiko Morishita
Auditor (Outside Auditor)
Yoshihiko Suzuki
Auditor (Outside Auditor)
Hiroshi Wagatsuma
Company History
January 1998 | Established as a 100% subsidiary of RS Investments, a U.S. equity boutique investment firm that had started as an asset management arm of Robertson Stephens & Company based in San Francisco, to provide U.S. focused investment advice to Japan's institutional clients |
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February 1998 | Registered as an Investment Advisory Company at Kanto Local Finance Bureau, started providing active investment management services of U.S. equity |
July 1999 | Formed the exclusive business alliance in Japan with Crosslink Capital, Inc.(founded in 1989 as a venture capital arm of RSIM), a venture capital, based in San Francisco |
December 1999 | Licensed as a Discretionary Investment Management Company by the Financial Reconstruction Committee, and entered into the pension fund management business |
December 2000 | Formed the exclusive business alliance in Japan with Horsley Bridge Partners LLC, a private equity firm, based in San Francisco |
September 2001 | Approved to manage currencies to meet the need to hedge currency risks accompanied by foreign currency denominated assets |
April 2002 | Acquired the majority equity ownership (90%) of the company from RS Investments through a management buyout |
June 2002 | Licensed as an Investment Trust Management Company by the Prime Minister of Japan |
July 2002 | Launched a Japanese equity hedge fund based on fundamentals bottom-up research |
June 2003 | Appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Japan Investment Advisers Association (until 2010, reappointed in 2012, 2015, 2019,2020,2021 and 2022) |
January 2007 | Changed its company name from RS Asset Management Japan Co., Ltd. to Bayview Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
January 2008 | The 10th anniversary |
April 2008 | Formed the Board of Executive Officers, that acts as decision-making committee for business execution |
April 2011 | Commenced recruiting university new graduates since company was established |
March 2013 | Obtained the SOC (Service Organization Control) Reporting on our internal control over discretionary investment management business from an external independent auditor |
July 2013 | Launched its first public investment trust for retail investors |
December 2013 | Started managing a proprietary multi-asset strategy. Launched AAA series fund (Active Asset Allocation Fund) based on quantitative modeling approach. |
July 2016 | Formed an exclusive business alliance in Japan with Victory Capital Management Inc., a multi-boutique asset management firm, based in Cleveland |
January 2018 | The 20th anniversary |
August 2019 | Information Security Management System (ISMS) Certification (ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (JIS Q 27001:2014)) obtained from an ISO certification body |
December 2020 | Formed an exclusive alliance in Japan with Siegfried Asset Management Ltd., based in Hong Kong. |
August 2023 | Formed a partial exclusive alliance in Japan with Fasanara Capital Ltd., based in London. |