Investment insight for global investors in Japanese equities

Two decades of institutional experience in Japanese equities. We help global investors navigate Japan's most significant corporate transformation in a generation.

Penrose Japan is an investment advisory firm focused on delivering deep, differentiated insight into Japanese markets for sophisticated global institutional investors.

Our process is driven by two decades of buy-side experience investing in Japanese equities — from a global hedge fund partnership to independent advisory. We combine on-the-ground corporate relationships with rigorous analytical frameworks to identify opportunities that others miss.

Investment Research

Deep analytical coverage of Japanese equities

Strategic Advisory

Institutional-grade market intelligence

Corporate Access

Direct engagement with Japanese management teams

Yuki Soga

Founder, Penrose Japan Ltd

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Yuki Soga is the Founder of Penrose Japan Ltd. and a specialist in Japanese equities with over 20 years of buy-side experience. Born in Japan and educated at the University of Oxford, Yuki has spent her career bridging Japanese companies and global institutional capital.

Her career spans analyst roles at a London-based hedge fund and an Australian securities firm, followed by a senior position as Partner and Tokyo Office Head at a multi-billion dollar Asia-focused hedge fund. In 2020, she founded Penrose Japan to provide independent investment research and investor intelligence on the Japanese market.

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世界トップ投資家の共通言語

NIKKEI BP · 2024

世界トップ投資家の共通言語

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Co-authored with leading practitioners in global institutional investment, this book — published by Nikkei BP — distils the common frameworks and mental models shared by the world's top investors.

Drawing on hundreds of institutional investor meetings and two decades of buy-side experience, it offers Japanese corporate leaders and investors a rare dual perspective on how global capital thinks about value, governance, and opportunity in Japan.