Masamichi (Masa) Adachi joined UBS Global Research in October 2019 as Chief Economist for Japan. He started his career at the Bank of Japan in 1991, where he mainly analyzed business conditions and conducted financial & economic research in both the Research and Statistics Department and the Financial Markets Department. He was also stationed overseas at the Bank's representative office in Frankfurt, Germany. In 2002 he was seconded to credit rating service Rating and Investment Information, Inc (R&I), where he was involved in rating securitized products. He joined JP Morgan as Senior Economist in October 2006, where he was responsible for researching, analyzing, and providing commentary on the global economy and financial markets, with a primary focus on Japan.
Masa has a Bachelor of Commerce from Keio University (1991) and an MBA from INSEAD (1999). He is a Certified Member Analyst (CMA) of The Securities Analysts Association of Japan (SAAJ).
