Usonian Investments, an international equities manager, launched on Aug. 1, 2017, with more than $750 million in assets under management.
Usonian is an independent, employee-owned investment advisory firm that offers discretionary portfolio management services to institutional and high-net-worth clients. The firm is led by portfolio manager and CEO Drew Edwards.
Usonian’s flagship Japan Value strategy seeks to capitalize on the unique inefficiencies in the Japanese market by following a disciplined, bottom-up value approach. The team invests with a long-term perspective and has ongoing engagement with companies based upon experience that shows proactive investors can influence outcomes and enhance corporate value.
Headquartered in Chicago, with a research liaison office in Tokyo, the team previously worked together at Advisory Research Inc and Taiyo Pacific Partners.