Taiyo Pacific Partners, LP announced that Daniel Ludwig, CFA and Jeffrey Cagnina, CFA have joined the firm as Managing Directors responsible for marketing and client servicing. Mr. Ludwig has over eighteen years of experience in the investment industry with both start-ups and industry leaders. Mr. Ludwig then assumed leadership positions with Geode Capital Management. Mr. Cagnina joins Taiyo with twenty-five years of investment management experience with long-only and hedge fund-of-funds managers. He began his investment career at Lehman Brothers. Following Lehman Brothers, Mr. Cagnina held senior institutional marketing positions with Independence Investment Associates and Putnam Investments, both in Boston, MA. Mr. Cagnina moved on to become Managing Director and Head of US Institutional Sales at Optima Fund Management in New York City and then President of Hunt Financial Ventures in Dallas, TX.

Taiyo Pacific Partners, LP Presents at Bloomberg Japan Conference: Road to Recovery, Oct-19-2011 11:30 AM. Venue: JETRO Headquarters, ARK Mori Building, Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6006, Japan. Speakers: Brian K. Heywood, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner, and Member of Investment Committee.