2008
"Lessons from the Japanese Bubble for the U.S."
A Program on Alternative Investments symposium
November 19, 2008
Panelists: Takeo Hoshi, Pacific Economic Cooperation Professor in International Economic Relations, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego; Paul Sheard, former Global Chief Economist, Lehman Brothers; Michael Woodford, John Bates Clark Professor of Political Economy, Economics Department, Columbia University
Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Economics Department, Columbia University; Associate Director of Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Program for Economic Research and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
"The Japanese Government as a Portfolio Manager: Managing the Nation's Wealth"
A Program on Alternative Investments conference
October 21, 2008
Opening Remarks: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Program on Alternative Investments, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Opening Keynote Speaker: Takahiro Kawase, President, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)
Speakers: John Ehara, CEO, Unison Capital, Inc.; Takeshi Isayama, Chairman, Carlyle Japan; Takatoshi Ito, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo; Takehiko Nakao, Senior Deputy Director-General of International Bureau, Ministry of Finance; Masaharu Sakata, Director of Private Equity Investment-Pension Investment Department, Pension Fund Association; Junichiro Sano, Chief Executive Officer, Dalton Investments K.K.; Taisuke Sasanuma, Representative Partner, Advantage Partners, LLC; Clifford Shaw, Advisor, Program on Alternative Investments, CJEB, Columbia Business School; Cheng Chih Sung, Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation; Mamoru Taniya, Chief Executive Officer, Asuka Asset Management, Ltd.; Yo Takeuchi, Senior Executive Director, Development Bank of Japan; Bill Wilder, President & CIO, Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Closing Keynote Speaker: Robert Kaproth, U.S. Financial Attache; Representative, U.S. Department of the Treasury in Japan
Closing Remarks: Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Moderators: Robert Alan Feldman, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Japan, Ltd.; Alicia Ogawa, Hugh Patrick
"Sovereign Wealth Funds: Policy Challenges and Market Implications"
The Ninth Annual Mitsui USA Symposium
February 4, 2008
Speakers: Don Hanna, managing director and head of Emerging Markets Economic and Market Analysis at Citigroup Global Markets; Curtis Milhaupt, Fuyo Professor of Law and Director, Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Program on Alternative Investments, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Co-sponsored by the Mitsui USA Foundation; the Program on Alternative Investments of CJEB, Columbia Business School (CBS)
2007
"Operational Restructuring: New Strategies of Japanese Corporate Leaders"
A Program on Alternative Investments conference
May 29, 2007
Welcoming Remarks: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Program on Alternative Investments, Center on Japanese Economy and Business; Taisuke Sasanuma, Representative Partner, Advantage Partners, LLP
Speakers: Shuhei Abe, President & CEO, SPARX Group Co., Ltd.; John Ehara, Partner, Unison Capital Inc.; Robert Grondine, Partner, White & Case LLP; Norimichi Kanari, Deputy President, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.; Takayuki Katayama, Executive Vice President, Tejin Limited; Susumu Kohyama, President & CEO, Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd.; Naoteru Miyato, President, T&D Holdings, Inc.; Akira Takada, Managing Director, Head of IB Consulting, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.; Kazuhiko Toyama, CEO, Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.; Kunihiko Yogo, Representative Director & CEO, Aruze Corporation
Moderators: Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business; Alicia Ogawa; Tomoo Tasaku, Partner, PwC Advisory Co., Ltd.
Closing Remarks: Hugh Patrick
Summary report is available here.
"KKR in Asia: A Strategic View"
A Program on Alternative Investments lecture
February 13, 2007
Speakers: Deryck Maughan, Chairman of KKR Asia, former Chairman of Citigroup International
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
“Investors Unleashed: The Rise of Shareholder Activism in Japan”
The Eighth Annual Mitsui USA Symposium
January 30, 2007
Speakers: Koji Fusa, Sandringham Capital Partners Limited and Anthony Miller, Ramius Capital Group, LLC; RCG Japan Ltd.
Commentator: Curtis Milhaupt, Columbia Law School
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Co-sponsored by the Mitsui USA Foundation; the Program on Alternative Investments of CJEB, Columbia Business School (CBS); the Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School; and Japan Business Association, CBS.
2005
“The Role of Private Equity in Japanese Industrial Restructuring: The Case of Daiei”
A Program on Alternative Investments symposium
November 15, 2005
Speakers: Taisuke Sasanuma, Advantage Partners; and Atsushi Saito, Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan
Commentator: Hugh Patrick, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
Moderator: Mark Mason, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
“Development of the Buyout Industry US-Japan Comparisons”
A Program on Alternative Investments symposium
April 7, 2005
Speakers: Joseph L. Rice III, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice; and Tsutomu Yoshida, Mitsui & Co. (USA)
“Investing in Private Equity”
A Program on Alternative Investments roundtable
March 11, 2005
Discussion Moderator: Akihiro Nakamura, Japan Pension Fund Association
Speakers: Andrew Golden, Princeton University Investment Company; John P. Alouf, Virginia Retirement System; and Toru Masuda, Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Presider: Mark Mason, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
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“Korea’s Financial Evolution: A Personal Perspective”
A Program on Alternative Investments symposium
February 28, 2005
Speaker: Robert Fallon, the Korea Exchange Bank
Cosponsored by the APEC Study Center of Columbia University
Report unavailable
2004
“Should Hedge Funds Be Regulated?”
A Program on Alternative Investments symposium
November 17, 2004
Speakers: Harvey Goldschmid, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Franklin Edwards, Columbia Business School; John Gaine, the Managed Funds Association; Sudhir Krishnamurthi, Rock Creek Capital; and Nobuyuki Kinoshita, Japan’s Financial Services Agency.
Moderator: Mark Mason, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
“Investing in Commercial Real Estate: Japan vs. China”
A Program on Alternative Investments symposium
October 27, 2004
Speaker: George von Liphart, Lehman Brothers
Co-sponsored by the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate of Columbia University
“Shinsei Bank: How to Win With a New Business Model”
A Program on Alternative Investments symposium
September 22, 2004
Speaker: Masamoto Yashiro, Shinsei Bank, Ltd.
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
“Investing in Hedge Funds and Private Equity: Viewpoints of U.S. and Japanese Institutional Investors”
A Program on Alternative Investments conference
March 31, 2004
Speakers: Franklin Edwards, Columbia Business School; Larry Glosten, Columbia Business School; Lawrence Kochard, Virginia Retirement System; Kazuki Nakamoto, the Daido Life Insurance Company; Narv Narvekar, the Columbia University Investment Management Company; David Russ, the University of California; Hideya Sadanaga, the Nippon Life Insurance Company; and Sheryl Schwartz, TIAA-CREF
“U.S.-Japan Pension Fund Alternative Investment Conference: The Current Status of Alternative Investing and Future Directions”
A Program on Alternative Investments symposium
February 12, 2004
Speakers: Masakazu Arikawa, Sony Pension Fund; Yasuchika Asaoka, Pension Fund Association of Japan; Leo de Bever, Ontario Teachers” Pension Plan; Yoshihide Furuya, JCISE Pension Fund; Hidekazu Ishida, Osaka Gas Pension Fund; Francesco Mainolfi, World Bank Pension Fund; Mark Mason, Center on Japanese Economy and Business; Akihiro Nakamura, Pension Fund Association of Japan; Narv Narvekar, Columbia University Investment Management Company; Shuzo Takahashi, Pension Fund Association of Japan; Gregory Williamson, BP America Trust Investments; and Noboru Yamaguchi, Japan Travel Bureau Pension Fund.
2003
“Update on the Japanese Economy”
November 20, 2003
Speakers: Shijuro Ogata, former deputy governor of international relations at the Bank of Japan
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
Co-organized by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University
“Investing in Distressed Real Estate”
A Program on Alternative Investments lecturev October 22, 2003
Speakers: Sonny Kalsi, Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Realty, Asia
Moderator: Mark Mason, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
Cosponsored by the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate and the Japan Business Association of Columbia Business School
“Development of the Hedge Fund Industry: Market Dynamics and the Japanese Experience”
A Program on Alternative Investments lecture
October 1, 2003
Speaker: Shuhei Abe, SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd.,
Moderator: Mark Mason, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
“Aozora Bank: The Contest Over, the Future Begins”
A Program on Alternative Investments lecture
September 24, 2003
Speaker: Louis Forster, Cerberus Japan
Moderator: Mark Mason, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
“Distressed Investing in Japan”
A Program on Alternative Investments lecture
April 22, 2003
Speaker: Hiroshi Nakamura, Moore Strategic Value Partners in Japan
“Reflections on Saving the Sun”
A Program on Alternative Investments lecture
March 12, 2003
Speaker: Gillian Tett, The Financial Times
“Ripplewood in the Japanese Private Sector”
A Program on Alternative Investments lecture
February 12, 2003
Speaker: Timothy Collins, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
2002
“Goldman, Sachs in Asian Private Equity Markets”
A Program on Alternative Investments symposium
October 23,2002
Principal Speaker: Henry Cornell, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Report unavailable
“Perspectives on Investing in the U.S. and Japan”
A Program on Alternative Investments lecture
September 17, 2002
Speaker: Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., W L Ross & Co. LLC