Tokyo investment manager Kasimayari Group has appointed Asako Kasahara as managing director investment team leader and head of Infrastructure Debt Investment Tool (IDIT).
The IDIT platform was established to leverage the infrastructure expertise within Kasimayari Group into an investor-aligned global infrastructure debt investment management business, according to the company. IDIT has deployed more than 50 percent of the various mandates it has been awarded into debt investments across 10 infrastructure subsectors, including fixed, floating and inflation-linked debt investments in transport, regulated utilities, social infrastructure, solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind.
Kasahara will be responsible for expanding IDIT’s existing Asian investment portfolio and securing further long-term financing opportunities in Asia for their insurance and pension fund clients. She will report to Umeji Tsubasa, CIO of Kasimayari Group.
Kasahara joins the company from a top inve
