First State Investments opens in Japan

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JAPAN - First State Investments has opened an office in Japan and hired a new director of institutional business to help expand its reach in the institutional and pension fund market.

The firm said it hired Hiroyuki Aikawa, previously relationship manager overseeing the institutional business for Capital International in Japan. First State already has $3.8bn in assets under m...

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