Taizo Ishida

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Taizo Ishida
Matthews Asia
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Taizo Ishida is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews Asia and manages the firm’s Asia Growth and Japan Strategies, and co-manages the firm’s Asia Innovator Strategy. Prior to joining Matthews Asia in 2006, Taizo spent six years on the global and international teams at Wellington Management Company as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. From 1997 to 2000, he was a Senior Securities Analyst and a member of the international investment team at USAA Investment Management Company. From 1990 to 1997, he was a Principal and Senior Research Analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co. Prior to beginning his investment career at Yamaichi International (America), Inc. as a Research Analyst, he spent two years in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a Program Officer with the United Nations Development Program. Taizo received a B.A. in Social Science from International Christian University in Tokyo and an M.A. in International Relations from The City College of New York. He is fluent in Japanese.

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Annualised total return over 9.6 years

+7.1%

Cumulative performance (% growth)

	1 year	3 years	5 years	7 years	10 years
Taizo Ishida	22.6	-2.3	26.3	26.9	-
Peer Group Composite	14.6	0.2	16.3	21.2	-
Over / Under	8.0	-2.5	10.0	5.7	-

Total return for Taizo Ishida

Discrete calendar year performance : Taizo Ishida

Discrete performance

	0-12m	12-24m	24-36m	36-48m	48-60m	60-72m	72-84m	84-96m	96-108m	108-120m

Taizo Ishida	22.6	5.1	-26.3	7.1	19.9	8.3	-7.2	8.4	42.0	-0.8
Peer Group Composite	14.6	6.2	-18.5	11.3	3.0	6.4	-2.0	12.2	32.4	-4.6
Over / Under	8.0	-1.1	-7.8	-4.2	16.9	1.9	-5.2	-3.8	9.6	3.8

Performance vs peer group composite: Taizo Ishida

How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.

Overall markets

Outperformed peer group composite

5 years

out of a possible 10

Overall markets

Underperformed peer group composite

5 years

out of a possible 10

Rising markets

Outperformed peer group composite

4 years

out of a possible 7

Falling markets

Outperformed peer group composite

1 year

out of a possible 3

Funds currently managed

Fund	Sole/Co-managed	Sector	Periods

Matthews Japan	Co-managed	FO Equity - Japan	since Apr 30 2015 to present
Matthews Asia Innovative Growth	Co-managed (deputy)	FO Equity - Asia Pacific ex Japan	since Apr 30 2022 to present