Ex-Comedian Joins Ex-Goldman Analyst to Advise Japan Stock Fund

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A former comedian and an ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst will offer investment advice for a Japanese equity fund that’s set to launch in January.

The fund will be run by Tokyo-based asset management firm Fundnote, and will invest in stocks with limited downside by looking at their price-earnings ratio and price-to-cash flow ratio, among other measures, and it seek to capture so-called alpha, according to its website.