Guggenheim Partners, a global investment and advisory firm, said that its Japanese subsidiary, Guggenheim Partners Japan (GPJL), has commenced operations after receiving due regulatory approval.

Kanto Financial Bureau, the local regulatory authority, granted the firm Type-1 and Type-2 Financial Instruments Business and Investment Advisory and Agency licenses, effective from 16 February 2015.

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The Type-1 Financial Instruments Business license covers GPJL’s intermediary business with liquid securities, and Type-2 covers business with illiquid securities, such as fund-related products.

GPJL president and representative director Atsuhito Sakai said: "We look forward to extending Guggenheim Partners’ platform of innovative investment-management solutions to institutional investors and distributors in Japan, working with them to realize their objectives."

Guggenheim Partners initially established a representative office in Japan in 2014. GPJL’s office is located in Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

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