Our inbound IR team connects listed overseas companies with the Japanese investment community and investors throughout Asia and Australasia.
We are independent and conflict-free and cover 100% of the institutional market.
The combination of our equity experience and proprietary database is unbeatable in its breadth.
Our services focus on advising corporates on strategy, setting up meetings with existing and potential new investors, scheduling, and logistics.
Financial Advisory
Our Financial Advisory service has two main businesses, fund placement and financial advisory for corporates.
In the fund placement business, we focus on supporting alternative private asset managers globally, helping them raise funds in the Japanese market. Given the structural shifts towards more alternative asset classes and our extensive connections into Japanese investors, we aim to build long-term relationships with our offshore asset management clients.
In the broader financial advisory business, we also provide a large number of publicly listed companies with solutions to help enhance their corporate value. We help such companies unwind cross-shareholdings, liquidate idle or unprofitable businesses, and find strategic partners both onshore and offshore.
Corporate Advisory
Our Corporate Advisory service is designed to give clients access to a wider range of investors. These include Japan specialists as well as global investors. The goal is to help achieve a fair equity valuation.
We prepare strategies using information from our invaluable readership data tool, which facilitates the most efficient and effective way to increase engagement.
With over 2,500 active contacts, we can help promote your company through a targeted approach. Using real data makes it possible to reach investors with a genuine interest in your company.
Astris alsoprovide ESG/SDGs consulting services, development of IR materials, M&A advisory, liquidity solutions, and partner in overseas business development activities.
We also have a partnership with WILLs Inc to broaden our scope and reach in Japan.
Corporates use Astris for the following reasons:
Access new pools of investment capital
Improve the quality of share registers
Improve liquidity in the stock
Help achieve a fair valuation
Independent capital markets advice
Investment Advisory
Since our inception in 2018, we have provided investment advisory services. Our team of 6 analysts offers diverse and differentiated research in areas where we can provide significant value-add, whether involving undercovered stocks, commodities, bespoke research, or offering unparalleled experience. We offer coverage on Japan's market strategy, small and mid-caps, bespoke quants, telcos, and autos from well-known and well-regarded equity analysts.
Adrian Gornall
Adrian has 30 years of sell-side experience at CLSA and Commerzbank, visiting hundreds of small and middle-sized companies across Asia, identifying quality businesses.
Strategic Equities
Michael Brodie-Brown Michael has 15 years of sell-side experience at Lehman Brothers and Jefferies building bespoke quantitative models that become crucial to investor decisions.
Quants
Michael Brodie-Brown Michael has 15 years of sell-side experience at Lehman Brothers and Jefferies building bespoke quantitative models that become crucial to investor decisions.
Custom Products
Ian Roper
Ian has 20+ years of experience as a commodity analyst building unparalleled expertise in ferrous, non-ferrous, and new energy (renewables) markets.
Commodities
Takaki Nakanishi Takaki has 30 years of covering the auto industry, ranking first in the Institutional Investor All-Japan Research Team and Nikkei Veritas Analyst (2003-2009, 2013.)
Autos
Neil Newman
Neil has 40 years of experience focusing on equity and derivative markets, regularly being sought by international media organizations for his highly regarded insights.
Strategy
Kirk Boodry
Kirk has 25+ years of experience as a sell-side analyst at SBC Warburg Dillon Read and Dresdner Kleinwort, and New Street Research and Redex Research.
Telco
M&A Advisory and Structured Products
The division was newly established in 2024 in response to the rapid growth of cross-border deals involving Japanese corporates.
We offer advisory services for both inbound and outbound transactions including M&A of various industries, real estate investments, balance-sheet restructuring, and loan arrangements. We provide our clients with unique ideas to actualize and maximize value from those transactions.
