A former comedian and a former Goldman Sachs analyst with an 'otaku' personality are teaming up to launch a new stock fund in Japan, aiming to encourage more people to invest in the market.
When a comedian meets an ‘otaku’: Unlikely duo aims to transform investing with Japan ’s latest stock market fund. Comedian-turned-investor Toshiya Imura (left) and former Goldman Sachs analyst Keizo Takeiri pose prior to an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan December 3, 2024. — Reuters picas a first-time user .
Exclusively for Malay Mail readers: Use codeTOKYO, Dec 25 — On the face of it, the duo hardly seem fit to inspire confidence as the brains behind Japan’s newest stock fund: one, a former comedian and the other, every bit the stereotypical “otaku” geek. But their maiden fund, announced on Wednesday, may be the Christmas gift that followers of the one-time entertainer, Toshiya Imura, have been waiting for since he revealed his plans for it about two years ago. The 40-year-old father of three had gained fame and an enthusiastic fan base by turning his obsession with stock research into 6.5 billion yen (RM186.6 million) in assets as an individual investor. His reputation was such that any time his name appeared in a regulatory filing as a major shareholder, that company’s stock would surge, as followers sought out “Imura stocks” to piggy-back on his value-investment bets. But Imura had bigger dreams: to become a professional investor to get more Japanese to profit from the stock market — a goal that aligns with the government’s efforts to shepherd the roughly $6.5 trillion of households’ cash into financial investments. He doggedly began his courtship of Keizo Takeiri, a quirky, former Goldman Sachs analyst, to be his partner-in-crime. Imura said he was instantly struck by Takeiri’s photographic memory, talent for analysis and sheer geekdom when they first met in 2020. “His knowledge was next-level,” Imura told Reuters in an interview this month alongside Takeiri and an official from the fund’s operator, Fundnot
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