The Asia Sustainability Group｜アジアサステナビリティグループ

Our Business

Investment Banking

We have advantage of capital markets and project finances for resource and energy businesses and other public enterprises as well as the arrangement of structured finances for the securitization and liquidation various types of assets and credit. We also support social infrastructure development as well as financial arrangements and capital market transactions for the businesses. Our team has also diverse M&A experience, and since our establishment, we have been providing quality M&A advisory services mainly for small to mid-sized, cross border M&A deals, including all aspects of the process from pitching buyout plans through to closing deals.

Asset Management

Utilizing our high level of experience and knowledge in the alternative investment manager, we provide investors such as sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), pension funds, with investment opportunities to various asset classes. Our edge is provided by our investment management team with skilled experience which is specialized in absolute return hedge fund methods. Our investment team, with broad experience and professional expertise, is able to provide investors the absolute return methods with appropriate investment solutions in a timely manner, throughout our quants analysis based on a distortion of the market, a theoretical value etc.

History & Track Records

2010

• Structured the microfinance fund with some sovereign wealth funds of Asia and the Middle East. Invested in commercial banks and microfinance institutions that supported entrepreneurship in emerging and developing countries.
• Commenced Japanese stock advisory services and signed investment partnership with an Australian investment fund.

2011

• Strengthened asset based structured finances as well as the securitization and liquidation of the various assets in Japan. Cooperated with a major Japanese credit card company and supported the small to mid-sized local medical services after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

2012

• Commenced the engagement investments in the Asian stock markets. Advocated the key metrics of SDGs and invested in the resources, energy and pharmaceutical sectors.

2013

• Strengthened equity and debt financing to healthcare and advanced medical technology. Invested tissue engineering and regenerative medicine and biotechnology-related businesses listed on the Asian stock market.
• Structured and invested as a mezzanine lender in project finances for the development and operation of Asian airports andseaports, cooperated with some government-affiliated capitals and sovereign wealth funds.

2014

• Structured and invested in project finance for renewable energy related power stations.
• Established a resource financing group company. Commenced commodity transactions and derivative transactions for resourcesmainly for biomass fuels.

2015

• Invested healthcare related real estate properties in the Asian market. Expanded our portfolio through proprietary account andinvestment fund.
• Cooperated with a Chinese financial group. Commenced credit liquidation focused on construction equipment and auto leasecredit in the Chinese market.

2016

• Structured a project finance for the recycling plant. Commenced a sustainable, cyclical power generation business.

2017

• Established a commercial banking and an insurances group company. Provided comprehensive financing services as a localfinancial institution.
• Expanded distressed investment. Invested in credit default swap (CDS).

2018

• Structured and launched the management of the absolute return hedge fund based on quants strategy. Expanded the asset undermanagement of the fund.

2019

• Equity investment in Asian AI finance company. Covering financial inclusion in developing countries through the deep learningcredit system.

2020

• Provided a leveraged buyout (LBO) and a debtor in possession (DIP) finances to the hospitals in Asia and supported turnaroundof the local medical services.
• Structured and underwrote the aircraft operating leasing in Singapore as a mezzanine lender.

2021

• Provided a mezzanine finance to the luxury brand in Australia and supported restructuring and growth.
• Expanded special situations investments. Invested the opportunity of a turnaround in real estate sector and a carveout of noncore businesses in the manufacturing industry.

2022

• Expanded the engagement investments in Japanese stocks. Aiming to Improve corporate value through our shareholder proposals and invested in the construction, infrastructure, healthcare, chemicals and agriculture sectors.