Three former managing directors of Goldman Sachs Group’s Japanese business unit plan to launch an Asia multi-strategy hedge fund early next year, Bloomberg has reported.
Koji Gotoda and Takayuki Kasama have incorporated Golvis Investment in Singapore. The fund will invest in all asset classes with an initial focus on Japan.
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Most recently, Gotoda led Asia convertible bond trading at Goldman Sachs before leaving in July. Kasama, a former co-head of Japan credit trading, left the New York-based bank in June. Both were among 272 promoted to managing directors in 2009, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
Peter Douglas, principal of Singapore-based GFIA Pte, which advises on hedge-fund investments, said: "The pedigree of the principals will guarantee they at least get a good hearing from prospective allocators. After many years of slow death or exile for the Japanese hedge fund industry, it does feel as if the industry, like the country, could be on the verge of a renaissance."
According to Bloomberg, nine of the about 11 initial Golvis employees will have worked at Goldman Sachs, including a third former managing director. Gotoda will present his plan to potential investors at Goldman Sachs’s annual Asia hedge fund symposium in the city-state in October, said the publication.
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