Utako Kojima & Aya Weissman: Special Situation Investing In Japan

This week I'm thrilled to be joined by Utako Kojima and Aya Weissman. Both women work at Horizon Kinetics and help run the Japan Special Opportunity Strategy.  Aya is a Co-Portfolio Manager and Director of Asia Strategy at Horizon. With over 30 years of investment experience, Aya was previously a founder and Chief Investment Officer of AS Hirota Capital Management, LLC.  Prior to that, her experiences included acting as a portfolio manager specializing in Japanese securities for Kingdon Capital Management, LLC, a New York–based hedge fund; two years as a partner and Portfolio Manager of Feirstein Hirota Japan Partners, a Japanese long/short hedge fund; and 12 years at Salomon Smith Barney Asset Management, as a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio manager in the US value equity group where she was a founding member of the large cap value equity group, with responsibility for approximately $2 billion in assets Utako joined the Firm in 2010 as a Portfolio Analyst, primarily focusing on the Firm’s Asia Str