Institutional asset manager Symphony Financial Partners, has appointed an industry veteran as Head of Business Development based in Tokyo.
In a press release the firm said that Hiroyuki Abe will join Symphony bringing with him 17 years of expertise, experience and an extensive network in Japan's capital markets.
He joins Symphony from Goldman Sachs Japan where he was Vice President of Prime Brokerage Sales and Capital Introduction spearheading prime brokerage sales for global institutional investors and start-up hedge funds in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Manage Key Clients
He also advised international investors on Japan strategies, consulted new hedge funds on licensing requirements and navigating regulatory processes and facilitated capital introductions between global managers and institutional-quality Japanese investors.
Reporting to co-founders David Baran and Kazuhiko Shibata, Abe has been recruited to drive the firm's growth strategy and manage key client relationships globally when he assumes the new role in May 2017.
