Founded in 2003, Taiyo Pacific Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“TPP”), provides
discretionary portfolio management regarding primarily Japanese and Indian equity securities. As of
December 31, 2023, TPP has 47 employees, of which 8 are clerical and $2.1 billion in assets under
management on a discretionary basis and no assets under management on a non-discretionary basis.
Principal Owners
TPP is owned by Bach Capital Special Opportunities I LP which is owned by Yamauchi No.10 Family Fund.
Banjo Yamauchi is the sole owner of Yamauchi No. 10 Family Fund.
Advisory Services
TPP provides investment advisory services to customized investment vehicles for particular investors
and pooled investment vehicles (collectively, the “Funds”), and to separately managed accounts (the
“Accounts”). Unless otherwise noted, “Clients” in this brochure will include both the Funds and
Accounts. The Funds include Taiyo Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Taiyo Fund”), Taiyo
Greater India Fund, Ltd, a private company incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius (the “India Fund”),
Taiyo Hanei Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Hanei Fund”), Taiyo Jupiter
Holdings, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Jupiter Fund”), and other funds that
TPP may form from time to time. Generally, the Funds make long term equity investments in Japanese
and Indian companies. The Jupiter Fund was formed for the purpose of investing in a single Japanese
corporation, the Roland Corporation, and TPP may form similar dedicated investment vehicles in the
future. Currently, TPP does not offer a wrap fee program where multiple services are offered for a
single bundled fee.
From time to time, our pooled investment vehicles are generally open to new qualified investors,
however, our customized investment vehicles are generally not open to new investors. TPP provides
tailored advisory services to each Fund based on the investment focus
of that Fund and generally does
not tailor the services to the underlying investors in each pooled Fund. Underlying investors in the
Funds and Accounts are referred to in this Brochure as “Investors”.
A dedicated entity (each, a “Dedicated Entity”) typically serves as the general partner of each Fund, and
another Dedicated Entity serves as the manager of such Fund. TPP holds a controlling interest in each
Dedicated Entity, and an affiliate of TPP serves as the general partner, managing member or other
equivalent control person of each Dedicated Entity. The Dedicated Entities are owned solely by TPP.
TPP operates its investment business on a discretionary basis. TPP is responsible for all trade ideas and
decisions.
TPP’s investment thesis is to find quality companies with competent management that will allow the
Taiyo team to help unlock their maximum value with the expertise of Taiyo’s in-house specialists. We
believe we are pioneers of combining traditional Portfolio Management expertise alongside
Engagement, as our approach leverages both a private and public equity style of investing.
Prior to investing, we meet with company management multiple times to establish a relationship so that
it helps us have a thorough understanding of our potential investments. We have multiple sources for
identifying a potential portfolio company: hundreds of company visits annually to Japan and India
(average over 1,000 meetings per year in the past 10 years, including virtual meetings) by our investment
professionals, data screening, industry research, existing company relationships and sell-side analysts.
Once we initiate an investment with a portfolio company, we then begin to work with company
management to strive to achieve mutually beneficial goals which seek to maximize long-term
shareholder value.
TPP believes there are two primary sources of return which have positively contributed to our track
record: (1) stock selection and trading; and (2) friendly engagement.