Establishing TCFA Japan

After close to 6 months  of preparation and with support from Ms. Xiaoyan Shu, former chair of TCFA Boston Chapter, TCFA Japan was established in July 2011.

TCFA Japan chapter will focus on bridging Chinese and Japanese companies in M&A activities and other financial transactions that will allow Chinese companies to move up their value chain. TCFA Japan will further contribute to establishing a platform aimed at improving communications between the two large Asian capital markets as well as the financial professionals in these two countries.

TCFA Japan has invited Mr. XIAO Minjie, CEO of Funnex Asset Management, Annie Chang, President of AC Global Solutions, and YANG Jun, Head of Trading at Shinsei Bank, as our Japan based advisor.

TCFA Japan Management Team members are: WANG Hao, YANG Xudong, WU Jie, DING Su, SUN Chao, JIANG Zhenyi, MA Ning, ZHANG Rui and XIAO Xu

What Japan Chapter shares in common with TCFA US

1. TCFA Japan shares the same mission statement as TCFA US.
2. Japan Chapter will promote TCFA as a global organization and help TCFA increase its influence and reach in Asia.

What’s unique about Japan

1. M&A opportunities for Chinese firms

Japan has many advantages in terms of its ability to help Chinese industrial and manufacturing companies move up the value chain, an important and urgent focus for many Chinese companies. In areas such as environmental protection, clean energy, and precision technology, Japan is unarguably a leader globally, not only in manufacturing but also in the development of these technologies. These are the areas where cross-border M&A transactions with Chinese firms will become increasingly popular in the near future.

1. Opportunities for Chinese Capital Markets as well as asset management industry

Although the Japanese government is laden with a huge amount of debt (over 200% of its GDP), Japanese institutions and individuals have substantial wealth, with over 400 trillion JPY invested mainly in low yielding assets such as Japanese government bond. More and more investors in Japan are looking to increase exposure to foreign assets in their portfolios and China being the largest and fastest growing emerging economy will become the ideal destination for a lot of Japanese investor flow.

Background Information on Japan

Japan has the second largest stock market and the largest debt market in Asia.
There are close to 1000 Chinese professionals working in various financial services related areas in Tokyo alone.
There are many areas where China can learn from Japan’s experience, including internationalization of currency, real estate market development, and social security system development. Communications at the senior level will become more frequent, and an established platform such as TCFA Japan will play a more important role in bridging the two sides.