The organisation marks its 20th anniversary this year.

Sussex Partners, a global investment advisory firm that specialises in hedge funds and alternative investment asset classes, has appointed Kanji Kikuchi as a partner to support the firm’s outreach in the Japanese market. 

Kikuchi is joining from Credit Suisse Securities in Tokyo where he was head of fund solutions for the firm’s private banking clients. Prior to Credit Suisse, Kikuchi worked in alternative investment sales and structured solutions at Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas and, earlier, at Mizuho Securities in Tokyo. He brings close to 30 years’ experience of the Japan investments market. 

Sussex Partners has been engaged with Japan since the firm’s inception in 2003.

"Tokyo is home to so many sophisticated and forward-looking investing institutions. Kikuchi brings a wealth of local market experience and relationships to Sussex Partners, and we welcome the opportunity through him to extend and deepen our engagement with Japanese investors,” Patrick Ghali, managing partner of Sussex Partners, said.

The business, which advises institutional investors including pension funds, private banks, family offices and wealth managers, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year.