Symphony Financial Partners, an institutional asset manager with offices in Tokyo and Singapore, has set up an office in the US.

The new entity, known as Symphony Financial Partners (U.S.), will be located in Winchester, Massachusetts.

The firm has appointed Daniel Ludwig as managing director and head of investor relations, who will be tasked with managing client relationships in the US, Canada, and Europe.

Ludwig most recently served as managing director at Taiyo Pacific Partners. He formerly also held leadership roles at Geode Capital, PIMCO, and Fidelity Investments.

Symphony Financial Partners co-founder and CEO David Baran said: “Dan will work in close collaboration with Tokyo-based Hiroyuki Abe to provide the highest quality access for our U.S, Canada, and European clients as we continue to deliver on our proven, highly differentiated Japanese equity value realization strategy.

“As the rest of the team is in Japan and Singapore, having Dan on the ground in the U.S. will significantly expand our investor relations capabilities.”