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20.36 +0.12 +0.59%

22/11 - Closed. Currency in USD

Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: Matthews Asia Funds

Asset Class: Equity

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Total Assets: 624.88M

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On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Matthews Japan Fund Institutional Class. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of MIJFX among other information.

Contact Information

Address Four Embarcadero Center Suite 550
San Francisco,CA 94111
United States

Phone +1 8007892742

Web www.matthewsasia.com

Top Executives

Name	Title	Since	Until
Donghoon Han	Portfolio Manager	2023	Now
Biography	Donghoon Han is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews and co‑manages the firm’s Japan Strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2020, Donghoon was Vice President and portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in Tokyo, responsible for investments in technology, automotive, and transportation sectors in Japan. From 2014 to 2016, he worked as a Senior Associate at Citadel Global Equities covering technology and industrial sectors in Japan. From 2010 to 2014, he also worked as a Senior Associate at Dodge & Cox covering the global technology sector with a focus on semiconductors and electronic components. Donghoon is fluent in Japanese and Korean. He received his B.A. in International Liberal Arts from Waseda University in Tokyo. Donghoon is a Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan. Donghoon has been a Portfolio Manager of the Matthews Japan Fund since 2023.
Shuntaro Takeuchi	Portfolio Manager	2019	Now
Biography	Shuntaro Takeuchi is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews and co-manages the firm’s Japan Strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2016 as a Senior Research Analyst, he was an Executive Director for Japan Equity Sales at UBS Securities LLC in New York. Beginning in 2003, he worked on both Japanese Equity and International Equity Sales at UBS Japan Securities, based in Tokyo, and held the position of Special Situations Analyst from 2006 to 2008, and Head of International Equity Sales from 2009 to 2013. Before that, he worked at Merrill Lynch Japan from 2001 to 2003 in U.S. Equity Sales. Shuntaro received a B.A. in Commerce and Management from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. He is fluent in Japanese. Shuntaro has been a Portfolio Manager of the Matthews Japan Fund since 2019.
Taizo Ishida	Portfolio Manager	2006	2023
Biography	Taizo Ishida is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. Prior to joining Matthews in 2006, Taizo spent six years on the global and international teams at Wellington Management Company as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. From 1997 to 2000, he was a Senior Securities Analyst and a member at USAA Investment Management Company. From 1990 to 1997, he was a Principal and Senior Research Analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co. Prior to beginning his investment career at Yamaichi International (America), Inc. as a Research Analyst, he spent two years with the United Nations Development Program.
Kenichi Amaki	porfolio manager	2010	2019
Biography	Kenichi Amaki is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. Prior to joining Matthews in 2008 as a Research Analyst, he was an investment officer for a family trust based in Monaco, researching investment opportunities primarily in Japan. From 2001 to 2004, he worked on the International Pension Fund Team at Nomura Asset Management in Tokyo, Japan. Kenichi received a B.A. in Law from Keio University in Japan and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and is fluent in Japanese.
Virgil Adams	Co-Manager	2009	2009
David Ishibashi	Vice president	2006	2007
Mark W. Headley	Co-Chief Executive Officer	1998	2007
Biography	Headley is Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. He joined Matthews in 1995 and has been actively involved in the Asian markets since 1989. He was an original member of the team that launched the first SEC registered open-ended Asia (ex-Japan) fund.
Patricia Higase	Portfolio Manager	2005	2005
Biography	Higase is a portfolio manager at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC., her employer since 2004. Prior to joining Matthews, she was a vice president and international equity analyst for Eaton Vance Management from 2002 to 2004 and an analyst for Fidelity Capital Markets from 2000 to 2002. Prior to her work at Fidelity, she was based in Singapore with Deutsche Bank Fund Management and Credit Suisse from 1995 to 1998. Higase holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst.
Jim Bogin	Portfolio Manager	1998	2000
Biography	Bogin is a portfolio manager with Mathews International Capital Management, his employer since 1998. Previously, he served as senior portfolio manager from 1993 to 1997 at LGT Asset Management. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager with Nomura Investment Management. He began his investment career as an equities analyst with Vickers de Costa in Tokyo.

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