Mr. Ishikawa is Chief Fund Manager of Japanese Equity Group (Value) at Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd (MUAM) and has more than 18 years of investment & research experience. He joined UFJ Partners Asset Management Co., Ltd. (present MUAM) in 2003. After being engaged in fund accounting and trading of Japanese equity, he started his career in investment & research in 2006. He has a B.A. in economics from Waseca University and is also a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan (CMA).