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Mr. David Baran is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Symphony Financial Partners Co., Ltd.
Mr. Baran has over 27 years of experience investing in the Asian markets.
Prior to founding Symphony, he held senior management positions at Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, and Barclays Capital in Tokyo.
Mr. Baran graduated cum laude with a B.A.
in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters in International Finance from Columbia University.
He has lived in Japan for over 25 years and is fluent in Japanese.
David Baran active positions
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Symphony Financial Partners Co., Ltd.
 Symphony Financial Partners Co., Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Symphony Financial Partners Co., Ltd. (SFP) is an independent Japan-based alternative investment firm which was founded in 2000 by David Baran and Kazuhiko Shibata. Formerly known as Compass Partners Fund Management, the firm changed their name to Symphony Financial Partners Co. Ltd. in 2003. SFP is an Asia-focused asset manager which is based in Tokyo and has additional offices in Singapore and San Francisco. They manage the Cayman-domiciled SFP Value Realization and Sinfonietta Master Funds for high-net worth individuals and institutions worldwide. The firm aims to achieve high absolute returns with low and defined risk by combining value investing in public markets with private equity value enhancement strategies. | Chief Executive Officer | 1999-12-31 |
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Symphony Financial Partners Co., Ltd.
Symphony Financial Partners Co., Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Symphony Financial Partners Co., Ltd. (SFP) is an independent Japan-based alternative investment firm which was founded in 2000 by David Baran and Kazuhiko Shibata. Formerly known as Compass Partners Fund Management, the firm changed their name to Symphony Financial Partners Co. Ltd. in 2003. SFP is an Asia-focused asset manager which is based in Tokyo and has additional offices in Singapore and San Francisco. They manage the Cayman-domiciled SFP Value Realization and Sinfonietta Master Funds for high-net worth individuals and institutions worldwide. The firm aims to achieve high absolute returns with low and defined risk by combining value investing in public markets with private equity value enhancement strategies. | Finance |
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