Mackenzie Asia Team

Capturing opportunities from Asia-Pacific’s dynamic rise

Capturing opportunities from Asia-Pacific’s dynamic rise

We research companies in the fastest growing region on the planet, which has undergone a remarkable economic, demographic, and cultural transformation in the last few decades.

Resilient growth

We identify companies with credible management, resilient business models, sustainable competitive advantages and strong governance. We focus on companies trading at valuations that create the potential for better risk-adjusted returns.

Consistent alpha

We seek to deliver consistent alpha generation across economic cycles and in different market conditions. We are style agnostic, and so less vulnerable to our approach being out of fashion.

Expert Asia-Pacific coverage

We are structured to uncover high-conviction ideas and allocate risk efficiently across a region of diverse markets and economies.

Meet our team

Nick Scott, AIIMR

Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Mackenzie Asia Team

Investment experience since 1987

Nick Scott, Senior Vice President, Investment Management, is a Portfolio Manager and Head of the Mackenzie Asia Team for the Mackenzie Global Small-Mid Cap Fund. He brings more than 25 years of capital markets experience to his role as Head of Asian Equities.

Before joining the firm in 2014, Nick was Chief Investment Officer - Asia Pacific Equities at a major asset manager in Hong Kong. He has also worked at a Canadian bank and several other asset managers globally, where he held progressively senior/executive roles.

Nick has a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business and Finance from the University of Westminster (U.K.) and is an Associate of the Institute of Investment Management and Research.

Ryoichi Hayashi, B.E.,M.A.,CFA

AVP, Portfolio Manager
Mackenzie Asia Team

Investment experience since 2008

Ryoichi Hayashi brings over 15 years of experience in the investment management industry to Mackenzie and is located in our Hong Kong office. Ryoichi is a co-portfolio manager on the International Small Cap team where he focuses on Asian equities.

Prior to joining Mackenzie in 2018, Ryoichi worked in the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as a research analyst and focused on the Japanese consumer staples and materials sectors. Ryoichi started his career at BlackRock first in Japan and later in Hong Kong, where he worked as a research analyst on the Japanese fundamental investment team, a portfolio manager on the quantitative investment team, and finally as a portfolio manager on the Pan-Asia fundamental investment team.

Ryoichi earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Operations Research from Keio University in Japan, and Master of Arts in International Relations and Economics from Syracuse University in the United States. Ryoichi is fluent in Japanese, English and Mandarin. He is a CFA Charterholder.

     

Our insights

The Mackenzie Asia team manages the Asian equity investment sleeve of the Mackenzie Global Small-Mid Cap Fund and the Mackenzie International All Cap Equity Fund.   

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