Julius Baer has opened a new Japan desk in Singapore and will re-brand its TFM service in Japan as "Julius Baer Wealth Management". The announcement will also result in a number of new senior appointments.

The Japan desk in Singapore expands Julius Baer’s global setup for Japan, which includes existing desks in Zurich, Geneva and Hong Kong.

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As of 2 November, Takuma Mizuguchi joined Julius Baer as team Head / senior relationship manager of the newly established Japan desk in Singapore, reporting to Wolfgang
Humbert-Droz, market head Japan.

Prior to joining Julius Baer, he was Director of the Japan international team of Credit Suisse in Singapore from 2012 to 2015. Before that, he had been executive director of the Private Banking department at Nomura Securities for seven years and held various senior roles at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.

Stefan Hofer has been appointed as head of business development at TFM’s Tokyo office. He reports to Hirokazu Mikuniya, TFM’s Representative in Japan.

TFM Asset Management AG (TFM) is a Switzerland- and Japan-registered independent asset
management company with offices in Tokyo and Zurich, in which Julius Baer has held a 60% equity participation since 2013. The company holds investment management and investment advisory licences, both registered with the Japanese FSA, and concentrates predominantly on serving Japanese high net worth private clients.

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Prior to rejoining the Julius Baer Group, Stefan Hofer was chief investment advisor for Asia at BNP Paribas Wealth Management for one year. Previously, he had been emerging market strategist of Bank Julius Baer, responsible for the macroeconomic coverage of emerging markets from 2007 to 2014.

In order to leverage Julius Baer’s brand for the Group’s local business in Japan,
it has been decided to rename TFM ‘Julius Baer Wealth Management’, pending regulatory
approvals.