SEMINARS
SAAJ holds various kinds of seminars to enable members to brush up their knowledge and learn the latest developments in the investment world.
SAAJ INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
Newly introduced as an annual continuing education program for investment professionals, the “SAAJ International Seminar” is a high-caliber seminar focusing on the most critical issues related to investment management. This seminar is supported by supranational organizations of professional financial analysts: The Association of Certified International Investment Analysts; Asian Securities and Investments Federation; and The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies.
| 2010 | Investment Management Strategies: After the Financial Crisis 18-19 February 2010, Tokyo |
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SAAJ SEMINAR
This seminar mainly focuses on equity analysis.
| 2010 | 21 January New Equity Investment Strategy for Asset Management – Dull Performance of Japanese Equity Investment Necessitates Action |
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| 2009 | 23 January Ascertaining Attractive Features of Japanese Stocks – From the Viewpoint of Global Investors |
| 2008 | 23 January New Trend in Investment Funds and Capital Markets |
| 2007 | 22 January Evaluation of Group Companies |
| 2006 | 20 January Company Sustainability - New Viewpoints for Company Valuation |
| 2005 | 20 January M&A and Company Valuation |
| 2004 | 20 January Equity Valuation and Financial Information |
| 2003 | 22 January Corporate Governance and Company Valuation |
| 2002 | 15-17 January Corporate Behavior and Equity Valuation |
| 2001 | 22-26 January Alternative Investments |
| 2000 | 17-27 January Valuing Companies in the Face of Globalization of Accounting Standards |
SAAJ SUMMER SEMINAR
This seminar targets the analysis of macroeconomics, finance, and bond investments.
| July 2009 | Financial Crisis and Fixed Income Portfolio Strategy |
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| July 2008 | Various Problems in Relation to Securitized Products |
| July 2007 | New Development of Bond Investment - Current
Issues in Monetary Policy, and Strategy of New Investment Products |
| July 2006 | New Tide of Structured Products and Its
Risk Management - Targeted on Collateralized Debt Obligation |
| July 2005 | New Tide of Bond Investment - The Search
for a New Frontier of Interest Bearing Products |
| July 2004 | Pension Funds and Bond Investment |
| July 2003 | The Search for Alpha in Bond Investment |
| July 2002 | Credit Risk |
| June 2001 | Bond Portfolio Management |
SAAJ PRIVATE BANKING (PB) SEMINAR
| December 2009 | Private Banking Seminar No. 3 |
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| October 2009 | Supplementary Seminar for Private Bankers (7) ‘Family Office : Cases in U.S. and their Implementation for Japanese’ |
| July 2009 | Supplementary Seminar for Private Bankers (6) ‘Basics of Trust Law’ |
| May 2009 | Supplementary Seminar for Private Bankers (5) ‘Practice of Inheritance Tax : Business Succession under New Law’ |
| May 2009 | Supplementary Seminar for Private Bankers (4) ‘Basics of Inheritance Tax : What Private Bankers should Know’ |
| January 2009 | Supplementary Seminar for Private Bankers (3) ‘Shaken Global Real-Estate Market and its Future Recovery Prospects’ |
| December 2008 | Private Banking Seminar No.2 |
| October 2008 | Supplementary Seminar for Private Bankers (2) ‘How to Distinguish the Real Estate Value and How to Utilize it for Good Advice’ |
| August 2008 | Supplementary Seminar for Private Bankers (1) ‘Characteristics and Key Points of Real Estate Investments for High Net Worth Individuals’ |
| December 2007 | Private Banking Seminar No.1 ‘Theory and Practice for Private Bankers’ |
SAAJ-NIPPON FINANCE ASSOCIATION JOINT SEMINAR
This seminar is jointly conducted with the Nippon Finance Association. Themes are of an academic nature.
| September 2009 | Pension Portfolio Strategy after the Financial Crisis |
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| September 2008 | Investment Information in Equity Market and Investment Behavior |
| September 2007 | New Trend of Hedge Fund |
| September 2006 | Valuation of Accounting Information and Capital Market |
| September 2005 | M&A and Company Valuation - Theory and Practice |
| September 2004 | Analysis of Investor Behavior |
| October 2003 | Equity Risk Premia |
| October 2002 | Behavioral Finance: New Tide of Finance Theory |
| October 2001 | Law, Contracts, and Finance |
| September 2000 | New Ways of Valuation of the Firm |
Seminars for CIIA holders from abroad in 2010
The SAAJ will offer three CIIA seminars during the year 2010. There is no fee for CIIA holders from abroad and lunch is included. All speeches are in Japanese with simultaneous interpretation in English.
- 11th November 2010: CIIA 10th Anniversary Seminar
- 3rd September 2010: 11th SAAJ-Nippon Finance Association Joint Seminar "Lanuch of TSE's Arrowhead and its Impact on Stock Trading and Pricing"
- 7th July 2010: 10th SAAJ Summer Seminar "Emergence of Sovereign Risk and Implication"
- 21st January 2010: 16th SAAJ Seminar "New Equity Investment Strategy for Asset Management - Dull Performance of Japanese Equity Investment Necessitates Action"
OTHER SEMINARS
Some 80 presentations by Japanese and foreign specialists on various topics concerning investment theory, economics, and financial, industrial, and scientific technology, etc. are held annually.
SAAJ ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The first SAAJ Annual Conference was held in 1986. Since then, it has been held to promote members' knowledge and networking. The program consists of memorial lectures and panel discussions on current topics of interest to securities analysts.
The 24th SAAJ Annual Conference was successfully held in Tokyo on 9 October 2009 with 600 attending.
The program was as follows:
Investment Management Sessions:
Session1-‘Reconsidering Risk Management’
Yuji Kage, Former Managing Director, Pension Fund Association
Session2-‘The Importance of Governance’
Charles D. Ellis, Director of Vanguard group, Chair of the Whitehead Institute
for Biomedical Research
Memorial Speech:
‘New Structure of World Economy and the Role of Japan’
Toshihiko Fukui, Former Governor of the Bank of Japan and President of the Canon Institute for Global Studies
Keynote Speech:
‘Overcoming the Financial and Economic Crises’
Kazuhiko Toyama, Representative Director and CEO, Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
Panel Discussion:
‘Overcoming the Financial and Economic Crises’
Four top managements of major Japanese companies and a security analyst with Mr. Kazuhiko Toyama, as a moderator, Representative Director and CEO, Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
The 25th SAAJ Annual Conference will be held in Tokyo in October 2010
