Switzerland’s Vontobel Asset Management has opened its first office in Japan and hired Goji Yoshino from UK’s BlueBay Asset Management as the country head.
According to Ulrich Benh, the Swiss asset manager’s chief executive officer for Asia Pacific, an onshore presence in Japan “reaffirms Vontobel’s commitment to institutional clients in the country”.
“Goji’s experience and client-oriented mindset are crucial in expanding our product offerings to meet investor demand for actively-managed investment solutions,” Mr. Benh says in a statement on December 16.
Vontobel had previously been serving institutional clients in Japan via a “fly-in-approach”, with Naohiko Tabei covering the market from Hong Kong, a company spokesperson tells