Group Companies
Touchstone Capital Management Co., Ltd.
Real estate asset management
Touchstone Capital Management (TSCM), a core member of the Touchstone Capital (TSC) Group, is an asset management company specializing in customized management of real estate and real estate related assets as well as investment support services for both Japanese and non-Japanese institutional investors.
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The TSCM Difference:
Global Standard Quality Services
TSCM brings a wealth of talent and experience to the table, with a team of bilingual professionals from foreign investment banks, domestic banks and institutional investment firms that meet and exceed the requirements of institutional investors from across the globe looking to invest in Japan. Our portfolio performance reporting is conducted with a view to global standards, understanding that bilingual reporting is just the start to making every aspect of our business activities compliant with the expectations of global investors.
Financial Stability
Unlike many of our peers in the industry, TSCM refrains from investing on its own account or alongside clients’ accounts, instead focusing on optimizing our asset management service capabilities, recognizing that maintenance of financial stability is a key to establishing trust with clients.
Independence
As an independent asset management company, TSCM is unencumbered by potential conflicts of interest and uniquely positioned to maintain an objective perspective on asset management and reporting with only our clients’ interests in mind.
The Touchstone Capital Group
Capitalizing on the resources, information sourcing capabilities and network of the TSC Group, we remain at the forefront of breaking macro and micro trends, enabling the timely provision of crucial information and advisory to our clients to enable more fully informed investment decisions.
Asset Management Services
TSCM applies its broad and deep experience in the real estate and financial fields to provide clientele with top-notch services that place the client first. TSCM acts quickly to take all steps to ensure occupancy of products in difficult times and reports to clients in their format according to international reporting standards.
>>Asset Management
Key Executives:
Fred Uruma President and CEO
Uruma began his career at KPMG Peat Marwick in Los Angeles in M&A and real estate consulting. He then established MTM Consulting to focus on cross-border real estate consulting services for Japanese and U.S. clients. Uruma joined Secured Capital Corporation in 1997 and founded Secured Capital Japan (listed on the TSE First Section), serving as its first President and CEO. Uruma founded Touchstone Investment Management in 2002 and became the President and CEO of Touchstone Capital Securities in 2005. Uruma has been involved in real estate transactions totaling over US$10 billion throughout his career. Uruma holds degrees in Finance and Accounting from Loma Linda University (California).
Uruma has also been appointed Chairman of the Securitization and Alternative Business Council of the Japan Securities Dealers Association for a second consecutive term. He is also a member of ULI, a frequent speaker at international conferences and a guest lecturer at universities.
Yasushi Kinoshita Deputy President and Representative Director / Attorney-at-Law (New York), Real Estate Broker
Kinoshita began his career at The Mitsui Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (currently, Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.), eventually becoming Vice President of the Credit Planning Division responsible for managing its JPY650 billion portfolio of non-performing loans. Kinoshita joined Secured Capital Japan in 1998 and became its COO and Managing Director, while also serving as President of its special servicing arm, SCJ Servicer. Kinoshita joined Shinsei Bank in 2002, serving as General Manager of the Real Estate Principal Investment Division and acquiring more than US$9 billion in real estate over seven years. Prior to joining Touchstone, he was involved in real estate transactions totaling more than US$15 billion. Kinoshita holds a B.A. in Law from Waseda University and an LL.M. from Cornell Law School.
Kinoshita is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, the Japanese Association of Real Estate Financial Engineering, and the Association of Financial Law in Japan. He has also published several articles and publications regarding secured debt underwriting, real estate securitization, civil enforcement procedures, and information technology in commercial banking.
