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Matthews Asia Innovators Fund Investor Class Shares (MATFX)
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- Total Assets: 484.19M
Matthews Asia Innovators Investor
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MATFX Overview
On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Matthews Asia Innovators Fund Investor Class Shares. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of MATFX among other information.
Investment Strategy
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. Under normal circumstances, the fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, which include borrowings for investment purposes, in the common and preferred stocks of companies located in Asia that Matthews believes are innovators in their products, services, processes, business models, management, use of technology, or approach to creating, expanding or servicing their markets.
Contact Information
Address
Four Embarcadero Center Suite 550
San Francisco,CA 94111
United States
San Francisco,CA 94111
United States
Phone
+1 8007892742
Top Executives
| Name | Title | Since | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-Bok Song | Portfolio Manager | 2023 | Now |
| Biography | Inbok Song is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews and co-manages the firm’s Pacific Tiger Strategy. Prior to rejoining the Matthews in 2019, Inbok spent three years at Seafarer Capital Partners as a portfolio manager, the firm’s Director of Research and chief data scientist. Previously she was at Thornburg Investment Management as an associate portfolio manager. From 2007 to 2015, she was at Matthews, most recently as a portfolio manager. From 2005 to 2006, Inbok served as an Analyst and Technology Specialist at T. Stone Corp., a private equity firm in Seoul, South Korea. From 2004 to 2005, she was a research engineer for Samsung SDI in Seoul. Inbok received both a B.A. and Masters in Materials Science and Engineering from Seoul National University. She received a Masters in International Management from the University of London, King’s College, and also an M.A. in Management Science and Engineering, with a concentration in finance from Stanford University. Inbok is fluent in Korean. Inbok has been a Portfolio Manager of the Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund since 2019. | ||
| Michael J. Oh | Portfolio Manager | 2006 | Now |
| Biography | Michael Oh, CFA, is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews and manages the firm’s Asia Growth, Asia Innovators and Korea Strategies. Michael joined Matthews in 2000 and has built his investment career at the firm. Michael received a B.A. in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from the University of California, Berkeley. He is fluent in Korean. Michael has been a Portfolio Manager of the Matthews Asia Innovators Fund since 2006, of the Matthews Asia Growth Fund since 2020, of the Matthews Asia Innovators Active ETF since its inception in 2022, and of the Matthews Korea Active ETF since its inception in 2023. | ||
| Taizo Ishida | Portfolio Manager | 2022 | 2023 |
| Biography | Taizo Ishida is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. Prior to joining Matthews in 2006, Taizo spent six years on the global and international teams at Wellington Management Company as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. From 1997 to 2000, he was a Senior Securities Analyst and a member at USAA Investment Management Company. From 1990 to 1997, he was a Principal and Senior Research Analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co. Prior to beginning his investment career at Yamaichi International (America), Inc. as a Research Analyst, he spent two years with the United Nations Development Program. | ||
| Raymond Z. Deng | - | 2020 | 2021 |
| Biography | Raymond Deng is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews and co-manages the firm’s Pacific Tiger Strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2014, Raymond earned an M.B.A from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. From 2008 to 2012, he worked at Booz & Company, most recently as a Senior Consultant responsible for developing corporate growth strategies, financial analysis and modeling and client management. Raymond received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is fluent in Mandarin. | ||
| Tiffany Hsiao | Portfolio Manager | 2018 | 2021 |
| Biography | Tiffany Hsiao is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. She manages the firm’s China Small Companies and Asia Small Companies Strategies and co-manages the Asia Innovators Strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2014, she was a Vice President and Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners in Hong Kong and Tokyo from 2007 to 2013. She was responsible for researching Asia Pacific investments, with an emphasis on equities in China. Previously, she spent six years at Franklin Templeton Investments, where she managed the firm’s global communications fund. Tiffany earned her Master of Science and Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University and received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She is fluent in Mandarin and Taiwanese, and conversational in Cantonese. Tiffany has been a Portfolio Manager of the Matthews China Small Companies Fund since 2015, of the Matthews Asia Small Companies Fund since 2018 and of the Matthews Asia Innovators Fund since 2018 | ||
| Sunil Asnani | Senior Associate | 2018 | 2019 |
| Biography | Sunil Asnani is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. Prior to joining the firm in 2008 as a Research Analyst, he was a Senior Associate in the Corporate Finance and Strategy practice for McKinsey & Company in New York. In 2006, Sunil earned his M.B.A from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. From 1999 to 2004, he served in various capacities, including as Superintendent of Police, for the Indian Police Service in Trivandrum, India. Sunil received a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, India. He is fluent in Sindhi, Hindi and Malayalam. | ||
| Robert Harvey | Portfolio Manager | 2016 | 2018 |
| Biography | Robert Harvey is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews and manages the firm’s Emerging Asia Strategy. Prior to joining Matthews in 2012, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at PXP Vietnam Asset Management from 2009 to 2012, where he focused on Vietnamese equities. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager on the Global Emerging Markets team at F&C Asset Management in London from 2003 to 2009. Robert started his investment career in 1994 as an Assistant Equity Portfolio Manager with the Standard Bank of South Africa’s asset management division. Robert received a Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy and Commercial Law from Rhodes University in South Africa and a Bachelor of Accounting Science in Advanced Management Accounting, Taxation and Auditing at the University of South Africa. Robert has been a Portfolio Manager of the Matthews Emerging Asia Fund since its inception in 2013. | ||
| Lydia So | Portfolio Manager | 2008 | 2018 |
| Biography | Ms. So is a Portfolio Manager for the Rondure New World Fund and the Rondure Overseas Fund at Rondure Global Advisors. Her primary focus is developing markets and her secondary focus is international developed markets. Prior to joining Rondure in 2020, Ms. So spent 15 years at Matthews Asia initially as research analyst covering Asia ex Japan equities. Ms. So was the founding Lead Portfolio Manager for the Matthews Asia Small Companies Fund (MSMLX) from its inception in 2008 through 2020. She was co-Portfolio Manager for the Matthews Asia Science & Technology Fund (MATFX; now known as Matthews Asia Innovators Fund) from 2008-2017, and co-Portfolio Manager for the Matthews China Small Companies Fund (MCSMX) from 2019 – 2020. Ms. So started her career in the investment industry in 1999 at Kochis Fitz Wealth Management in San Francisco. In 2001 she joined Dresdner RCM Global Investors as a portfolio associate working on US large cap equity strategies. Ms. So graduated from University of California, Davis, earning a BA in Economics. She is a CFA charter holder. Lydia is fluent in Cantonese and conversational in Mandarin. Lydia enjoys traveling, fishing, and hiking. | ||
| Mark W. Headley | Co-Chief Executive Officer | 1999 | 2008 |
| Biography | Headley is Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. He joined Matthews in 1995 and has been actively involved in the Asian markets since 1989. He was an original member of the team that launched the first SEC registered open-ended Asia (ex-Japan) fund. | ||
| Andrew Foster | CEO | 2005 | 2006 |
| Biography | Andrew Foster is the Lead Portfolio Manager of the Seafarer Overseas Growth and Income Fund, and has been so since its inception in February 2012. He is the Co-Portfolio Manager of the Seafarer Overseas Value Fund, and has been so since its inception in May 2016. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Seafarer Capital Partners, LLC, investment adviser to the Funds. | ||
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