Corporate History
The origin of Aizawa Asset Management was Tudor Capital Japan Limited, established in 1999.
Formerly the Japanese subsidiary of Tudor Investment Corporation, a major American hedge fund, it changed its name to Asuka Asset Management in July 2002 as a result of a management buyout by the founders who were co-managers of a proprietary account trading team at Salomon Smith Barney, Tokyo. Akebono was also derived from a company established by Asuka to dedicate to private investments, and has now rejoined Asuka.
| Asuka Asset Management | Akebono Asset Management |
February, 1999 | Founded Tudor Capital Japan Limited |
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July, 2002 | Founded Asuka Asset Management Limited |
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October, 2004 | Founded Monex Alternative Investments, Inc |
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March, 2005 | Founded Asuka Corporate Advisory Co., Ltd. |
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October, 2005 | Founded Asuka DBJ Partners |
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| Founded Mitsui & Co. Asuka Investments Ltd. |
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December, 2008 | Changed corporate name of Mitsui & Co. Asuka Investments Ltd to Asuka Commodity Investments Co., Ltd. |
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November, 2009 | Shifted to Japanese corporation and changed corporate name from Asuka Asset Management Limited to Asuka Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
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February, 2011 | Asuka Commodity Investments Ltd. was absorbed into Monex Alternative Investments, Inc. |
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August, 2012 |
| Monex Alternative Investments Inc., became a subsidiary of Astmax Inc. |
October, 2012 |
| Monex Alternative Investments Inc., and investment advisory division of Astmax Inc., merged into Astmax Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
April, 2013 |
| Astmax Asset Management Co., Ltd acquired ITC Investment Partners Co.,Ltd, to being licesed to investment trust business. |
July, 2014 | Formed a Strategic Partnership and Cross Ownership with StormHarbour |
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June, 2015 |
| Astmax Inc, and Cornwall Capital Management LP established Akebono Asset Management Ltd. |
February, 2017 |
| Engaged with Ariake Secondary Fund I LP, a secondary strategy fund, for investment management agreement. |
June, 2018 | Dissolved Strategic Partnership and Cross Ownership with StormHarbour |
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October, 2019 |
| Established Ariake Secondary Fund II LP, a secondary strategy fund. |
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| Established Ariake-T1 Investment LP, a target investment fund. |
November, 2019 | Acquired 100% shares of Hurray Trust Inc. to make it a wholly owned subsidiary |
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January, 2020 | Entered into a capital alliance with Akebono Asset |
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June, 2020 | Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Aizawa Securities Co.,Ltd |
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December, 2020 |
| Became a subsidiary of Aizawa Securities Co.,Ltd |
February, 2021 | Asuka Asset Management Co., Ltd. and Akebono Asset Management Ltd. merged and changed its corporate name to Aizawa Asset Management Co.,Ltd. | |