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Faces of SPARX

SPARX Group hires a wide range of professionals to staff its core divisions--from new graduates to mid-career professionals. As a multi-national enterprise, we encourage our employees to share best practices from around the globe. What unifies SPARX staffers is our commitment to becoming the most trusted and respected asset management company in the world.

To keep up with the growth in all of our business lines, we are constantly looking to acquire new talent for key departments--from client service and marketing, to accounting and fund administration, to IT and legal & compliance. SPARX employees thrive in our competitive yet stimulating workplace environment, one which places a premium on self-starters and team-oriented players.

That's the SPARX difference.

Why choose SPARX? Who better to ask that some of our most recent crop of new hires. Please read the vignettes below for a sense of who we are and why we decided on a career at SPARX.


First Name: Hiroshi
Office: Tokyo
Department: Business Development, Japan Mutual Funds Team (Tokyo)
Work experience: Mid-career hire

Q: Why SPARX?
Hiroshi: "I was really interested in the investment industry and wanted to work for a global investment company using my previous overseas and domestic sales experience."

Q: What do you like best about SPARX?
Hiroshi: "I enjoy working for SPARX because the team members I work with are all really energetic. Also, business is expanding so fast--there just seems to be a lot of potential for growth in Japan and internationally. This is a very exciting situation and I'm in the middle of it."

First Name: Dorothy
Office: Hong Kong
Department: Fund Operations
Work experience: Mid-career hire

Q: Why SPARX?
Dorothy:"I heard SPARX was ranked the largest hedge fund manager in Asia and I thought it would experience steady growth going forward. I joined SPARX as part of my desire to grow as a professional and I believe this company will be at the core of my lifelong career plans.”

Q: What do you like best about SPARX?
Dorothy: "SPARX is a diverse group of professionals who share a commitment to excellence in everything we do, teamwork and a focus on putting our clients first."
First Name: Tess
Office: Tokyo
Department: Business Development, Planning Group (International)
Work experience: Mid-career hire

Q: Why SPARX?
Tess: "I joined because I thought there would be a lot of potential in SPARX's growing Asian business, where I can grow as a professional along with the company."

Q: What do you like best about SPARX?
Tess: "What I like most is learning new things in various areas of the investment business."


First Name: Yuichiro
Office: Tokyo
Department: Funds Administration and Operations
Work experience: New graduate

Q: Why SPARX?
Yuichiro:"I decided to join because through the interview process I realized that I would truly be working on behalf of the client at SPARX."

Q: What do you like best about SPARX?
Yuichiro: "I really like our company's supportive environment for taking on new challenges."


First Name: Emily
Office: Hong Kong
Department: Investment and Operations Manager
Work experience: Mid-career hire

Q: Why SPARX?
Emily: I’ve known about SPARX for a long time due to my previous career in finance.  I like the fact that SPARX has one of the most successful Asian-focused fund-of-fund operations in  the region and also that the company was born in Asia.  This company’s clear vision to expand its business in Asia and the determination within SPARX to become one of the best in the fund-of-funds business matches my personal aspirations and expectations for career development.  It is also the professionalism of the personnel at SPARX with whom I had contact before joining that drew me towards the company."

Q: What do you like best about SPARX?
Emily: "I like the rather flat organizational structure and the relative ease of communication in the fund-of-funds area."

First Name: Masato
Office: Tokyo
Department: Business Development, Japan Mutual Funds Team
Work experience: New graduate

Q: Why SPARX?
Masato: "I believe this position will allow me to be at the center of the financial world. SPARX is delivering its message from Asia to a global audience of investors. There is no other company doing that with as much substance and style."

Q: What do you like best about SPARX?
Hiroshi: "As I expected, I am now helping to convey that message to the world together with all of my colleagues. That's really the most rewarding part of my experience at SPARX."
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