W&F September 2017

www.wealthandfinance-news.com 16 Wealth & Finance International - September 2017 The flagship investment vehicle of Stats is the Ginga Service Sector (“GSS”) Fund, which is a Cayman unit trust first established in June 2006. The strategy largely concentrates on the IT and Service sectors equities only listed in Japan, focusing on medium and small size stocks, which are not widely covered by analysts so that proprietary research can generate alpha. These sectors are also one of the few areas that have growth potential and volatilities. The characteristics of this sector require investment manager special instinct and great insight on company movements. Stats’ CIO, Toru Hashizume is one of Stat’s founding members. Prior to joining Stats, he worked as a sell side analyst for more than eight years with one of the major research institute in Japan, and specialized in the IT and Service sectors. Later, he moved to one of the largest mutual fund companies in Japan and managed its equity fund for more than seven years. At Stats, he started to work out the disciplined long short strategy with new risk management. US educated, Yhu Kuni, has worked with Toru for more than 10 years as fund manager and IT service sector analyst, since inception of the fund. Stats’ investment philosophy is to base its investment decision on corporate research, and for this purpose the fund managers make rigorous company visits, which amounts to 400 companies per year per person, and as a team they visit more nearly 1000 companies per year. Being based in Tokyo is a great advantage in managing Japanese equities to fulfil this purpose. The company’s other key staff include the CEO, compliance officer, and senior trader who have also been working with the investment team for over seven years. This keeps the family-like culture of the firm which is conveyed within the founder’s mission, “Investment activities itself means seeking truth with honesty in our conduct for sole achieving best performance for clients”. GSS Fund has performed extremely well with no negative year during its 11-year track record, and has achieved a net accumulated return of 300% for its Yen share class. This is a strong piece of evidence that the GSS strategy can effectively generate exceptional returns in various market environments and market cycles. Heading forward to the remainder of 2017 and beyond, Stats is now considering to open new fund raising channels such as Euro-dominated UCIT fund in Luxemburg. Currently, Stats manages over $251 million in assets in the same strategy. 80 % of Stats client base is out of Japan. The geographical client base is spreading out FoF, family offices, institutional clients and financial institution of Asia and Europe. 2017, like any other year, has been a challenging period for hedge fund managers: the GSS Fund returned 1.90% during Jan – Aug 2017. At Stats, we analyse the market and formulate our investment policy for the rest of the year. First established in April 2005, Stats Investment Management Co., Ltd. (“Stats”) is a hedge fund manager based in Japan. Stats specializes in managing Japanese Equity Long/Short strategies. Generating Exceptional Returns 1709WF08 Company: Stats Investment Management Co., Ltd. Name: Shogo Sekimura Email: [email protected] Web Address: www.stats.co.jp Address: COI Hirakawa-Cho Bldg. 7F, 1-7-20 Hirakawa-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102-0093 Japan Telephone: +81 3 6658 4361 “Investment activities itself means seeking truth with honesty in our conduct for sole achieving best performance for clients”.