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New York City is one of the world’s great fnancial mar-
kets and epicenter of investing. At the heart of it all is
Wall Street where Afac’s Global Investment Group is
located.
It has been an eventful beginning for the newAfac Glob-
al Investments Group. Since forming in late 2011, the
group has been creating aworld-class investments team
from scratch. It has had to fnd ofces to move into, only
to realize another move to larger quarters would be re-
quired. And then it had to deal with the aftermath of the
most destructive stormever to strikeNewYorkCity and
the region.
Despite all the distractions, the team has been delivering its objec-
tive of wisely investing huge amounts of money each business day. It
is important to note, however, that the “business day” for this team
doesn’t start with the 9:30 a.m. opening bell of the New York Stock
Exchange and end with the closing gavel at 4 p.m.
Eric Kirsch,
who heads the team and is executive vice president and
global chief investment officer, explains that globalization has made
investing a 24-hour proposition as there are always important markets
open somewhere. The way the team handles this is by working long
hours and closely coordinating with Aflac offices in Japan and its more
Global
I nv e s tmen t s
Group
One year later