Bryan Lee is the Founder and CFO of AB Capital Investment Limited, leading the firm’s finance and investor relations functions as well as responsible for setting AB Capital’s investment strategy. With over a decade of asset management experience, Bryan was responsible for implementing and executing investment strategies across US, China, Hong Kong, and Japan.
Before launching AB Capital, Bryan was a Portfolio Manager and a key founding member of the asset management division of Pacific Foundation Securities Limited, where he raised funds and managed a portfolio of over US$800MM AUM and employed a trading strategy of investing mainly in cash equity and options, giving investors exposure to various sectors, including real estate, technology, energy, and consumer.
Prior to that, Bryan began his career at the Hedge Fund Division of Adamas Asset Management (HK) Limited, a multi-strategy asset management firm. Other than executing investment strategies, Bryan was also in charge of raising capital for discretionary management accounts by generating and evaluating long short investment ideas.
Bryan graduated from the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California and holds a Master of Finance degree from the University of Hong Kong.
AB Capital Investment Limited is a Hong Kong based real estate private equity firm that invests in Asia Pacific properties, with an initial investment focus in Japan hospitality assets.
Founded in the midst of COVID-19, AB Capital capitalized on the supply and demand imbalance and event-driven mispricing in Japan’s hospitality industry to source off-market transactions with superior return and tenant profile.
As of date, AB Capital’s portfolio consists of 4 hotels in Japan, namely Folio Sakura Shinsaibashi Osaka by Banyan Tree in Osaka, Prostyle Ryokan Tokyo Asakusa, Hotel LiVEMAX Shinjuku Kabukicho Meijidori and a 220-room hotel in Tokyo operated by a franchisee of one of the largest hotel chains in Japan.
With experienced team in both Hong Kong and Tokyo as well as extensive brokerage network in Japan hotel market, AB Capital has established strong relationships with both domestic and international hotel operators. AB Capital aims to leverage its proprietary local network and knowledge to continue to deliver unique opportunities that provide both stable and attractive capital growth to investors.
Past Mingtiandi Events
Hong Kong Forum 2023 — Global Capital Rediscovers Japan
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