Who Is Aall STAR Financial Group?
Aall STAR Financial Group (ASFG) is opening up new investment possibilities in and around the Asian market. Headquartered in the Cayman Islands, Aall STAR's global presence is planeted firmly in East Asia with it's Financial Advisory head office located in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2002 as STAR Financial Management by CEO Scott Asahina, the company has since expanded and partnered with Aall Group Inc. chairman M. Erik Monsen to form Aall STAR Financial Group.
The creation of ASFG began in early 2002 when CEO Scott Asahina began developing and testing the (proprietary) Portfolio Management Service (PMS) which is the flagship service offered by Aall STAR Financial. The PMS Service is based on the feedback and comments Scott received from investors over the years he served as their advisor, he listened and developed a service (PMS) into a true ‘conflict free’ investment advisory platform.
Since the initial development phase of PMS, Scott has continued to further develop the internal fund monitoring systems and the firm's research capabilities in collaboration with Lipper Data Services (a Reuters Company) and working with a UK based financial software development and research company.
ASFG is the parent company to Aall STAR Financial Japan K.K. a licensed and regulated Tokyo based Investment Advisory Company and Aall STAR Asset Management; a Cayman based Asset Management and Product Development Company.
Our Business Values
Aall STAR Financial Group is committed to its core business principles:
- Outstanding customer service
- Best business practices
- Remove all conflicts of interest
- Thorough research and development
- Strict expense discipline
Our business principles are supported by committed and professional employees who make lasting customer relationships and wish to be leaders in the areas of product development and financial services technology.
Aall STAR Financial Group also abides by certain business values:
- The highest personal standards of integrity at all levels
- Commitment to fair business practices
- Hands-on management approach at all levels
- Commitment to quality and competence
- Remove bureaucracy at all levels
- Fast decisions and quality implementation
- Fair and objective employement
- A diverse team with the goal of recruiting and training staff who are the top of their respective fields
- A commitment to complying with all laws and regulations wherever we conduct our business
Aall STAR Financial Group's reputation is founded on adherence to these values. All actions taken by a member of the Aall STAR Financial Group board of directors or staff member on behalf of a Group company should conform with these principles and values.
History
Board of Directors
Scott Asahina - Founder and CEO
Scott Asahina has over thirteen years of experience in the financial services industry. From 1995 to 2000 within the UK he held senior investment advisory positions with both HSBC Bank & UAG PLC.
From 2000 to the present time Scott has lived and worked within Tokyo, Japan along with his family. Scott spent his first two years within Japan assisting two retail focused private investment companies before leaving to found what was originally STAR Financial Management Ltd. in 2002.
As the CEO of Aall STAR Financial Group Scott is focused on developing relationships with qualified institutional investors and advising them on every stage from the development phase through to the distribution stage (public offerings and/or private placements) relating to traditional, alternative and bespoke structured products to satisfy the ever increasing demands of the retail and institutional investor market as it evolves.
M. Erik Monsen - Chairman
M. Erik Monsen was educated in Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Canada and the United States. He received a degree in Economics from the University of British Columbia, Canada and attended the I.S.M.P. executive course at Harvard Business School.
Following his graduation, Erik worked in London with Eggar Forrester, a leading ship broking firm. He joined Aall Group Inc. in the mid-sixties.
In 1971 Erik was assigned the role of founding the Aall Group's Cayman Islands' operation, which evolved into a holding company that included Aall Trust & Banking Corporation, Aall Investment Management and Aall & Co. Ltd., Japan. He assumed the presidency of Aall & Co., Ltd. in 1984. He became President & C.E.O. of Aall Group Inc. in 1990 and Chairman of Aall Trust & Banking. In 2004, Aall Group Inc. merged Aall Trust & Banking into Cayman National Corporation (CNC) which resulted in the creation of a private banking division within CNC.
In 2007 Erik became chairman of Aall STAR Financial Group, overseeing the activities of the Aall STAR Financial Group companies in the Cayman Islands and Japan.
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