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Alternative Investments

SPARX Group invests through a number of innovative strategies on behalf of a wide cross-section of qualified investors around the globe.  Our clients include corporate pension annuities, government entities, private and trust banks and public pension funds. 

SPARX Group's alternative investments are managed by various entities. Our Japanese equity-related alternative investments (including activist, short-enabled, private equity and quantitative-oriented strategies) are managed by Tokyo-based SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. Asia ex-Japan alternatives (such as credit, short-enabled and macro-oriented strategies) are managed by PMA Investment Advisors, Limited in Hong Kong. Pan-Asian fund-of-fund alternative products are managed by SPARX International (Hong Kong), Ltd. Select Korean strategies are managed by Cosmo Investment Management Co., Ltd. of Seoul, Korea.



  • SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SAM) is engaged in carrying out Japanese equity research operations and making investment decisions for the Group's Japan-focused strategies. With the formation of a holding company on October 1, 2006, SAM became the primary asset management vehicle within the group and the organizational successor to asset management operations dating back to the firm’s founding. SAM employs 77 investment and marketing professionals at its headquarters office in Tokyo, and manages assets worth some US$6.5 billion (as of July 31, 2008). For more information about SAM's investment products or client services, please use the Contact SPARX links at the bottom of the main SPARX Group page (or click here.)




  • PMA Investment Advisors, Limited (PMA) manages the Group's Asia ex-Japan funds and strategies from its head offices in Hong Kong. PMA was founded in 2002 as a multi-strategy platform and formally became part of the SPARX Group in June of 2006. It employs a total of 65 investment and marketing professionals at offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, London and Sydney and manages assets worth nearly US$2.5 billion (as of July 31, 2008). For more information about PMA's investment products or client services, please use the Contact SPARX links on the main SPARX Group page (or click here.)

   

  • SPARX International (Hong Kong), Ltd. (SIHK) manages the Group's pan-Asian fund-of-fund alternative products. It boasts what we believe to be one of the longest track records in the region, with products dating back to 1997. For more information on SIHK's investment products or client services, please use the Contact SPARX links on the main SPARX Group page (or click here.)


  • Cosmo Investment Management Co., Ltd. manages select alternative strategies focused exclusively on the South Korean equity market. Cosmo's total assets under management total about $2.9 billion (as of July 31, 2008). For more information on Cosmo's investment products or client services, please use the Contact SPARX links on the main SPARX Group page (or click here.)
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