Profile & History

Profile

Name

Asia Partnership Fund (APF)

Headquarters

33/125 Wall Street Tower 25th Floor, Surawong Rd., Suriyawong, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
Tel: 66-(0)2-632-8686 (English & Thai Only)

Overseas Offices

Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Bangladesh, Japan

Representative

Mitsuji Konoshita

Year Founded

January 1981

Assets under management

Approximately 120 billion yen (as of December 2010)

Business

Investing in prime assets, companies, and securities across Asia; and overseeing group operations

History

January 1981
Established as an investment fund located in the Bahamas.
March 1995
Mitsuji Konoshita, the current President, acquired the fund.
June 1998
Expansion into real estate and private equity investments across Asia.
January 1999
Registered as a corporate entity in the Kingdom of Thailand. Relocated the head office to Bangkok .
March 2001
Opened Hong Kong Investment Office.
April 2001
Opened Taiwan Investment Office.
February 2002
Opened Singapore Investment Office.
January 2006
Acquired a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand,United Securities Public Co., Ltd.
March 2007
Acquired a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, Group Lease Co., Ltd.
September 2007
Accepted a private equity placement from Wedge Holdings Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Nippon New Market Hercules of the Osaka Securities, and made the company a member of the group.
June 2008
Accepted a private equity placement from Showa Rubber Co., Ltd., a company listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and made the company a member of the group.