JMF Capital Announces Semi-Retirement of Senior Partner Michael Francis

March 29, 2012 - PRLog -- JMF Capital, an Investment Research, Management and Advisory company based in Tokyo Japan, has announced that Senior Partner Michael Francis will semi-retire in June of 2012. Mr Francis, who is 68 years old, has worked for 10 years in the role of Senior Partner at JMF Capital. Mr. Francis will take up the position of Non-Executive Chairman at the company.

JMF Capital’s Senior Partner Michael Francis has been an integral part of the company’s winning team since he joined them originally as a US Market Strategist in 1995. In this role, Mr Francis spearheaded JMF Capital’s investment in organisations such as Yahoo, Amazon, Ebay and Google when the internet was first taking off. In the Business Technology Sector Michael Francis is often ranked as one of the best Market Analysts.

JMF Capital’s Senior Partner Michael Francis has focused on the US Technology Sector as a hotspot for investment for many years. Mr Francis has held various positions in the industry, from Market Strategist through to Chief Investment Officer during his extensive career. Prior to joining JMF Capital in 1995, Mr Francis was a US Technology Sector Analyst researching Software, Database Technologies and Electronics Manufacturing companies for the most part. Michael Francis, who has an MBA from York University, has drawn on this wide-ranging experience to the benefit of JMF Capital throughout his 16 years there.

“JMF Capital made a different kind of shrewd investment when they hired Michael” commented Partner and Chief Investment Officer Charlie Tse. He added, “ I have the greatest admiration for the man’s work.  Michael has the ability to identify trends when they are beginning to develop and successfully invest in them, and this has proven invaluable to JMF Capital.”

JMF Capital’s Senior Partner Michael Francis said of the company, “ From humble beginnings in 1986, we had major triumphs in the late-eighties, investing in companies like Microsoft and Sony, and then expanded into a considerable force in the nineties under the sound leadership of my uncle Joe Francis. I think that for myself, I made some worthwhile contributions during my time as Market Strategist, and I hope that as Senior Partner of JMF Capital I’ve been as forthright, creative and beneficial for the company as my uncle was before me.”


About JMF Capital

JMF Capital was founded in Tokyo in 1986 by a team of specialists in Investment Research, Asset Management and Financial Advice spearheaded by Joseph Michael Francis. The aim of the founders was to create a bespoke
organisation providing investment advice, capital management and asset allocation service when they first conceived JMF Capital.