Ug Investment Advisers Ltd. (Taipei)


Ug Investment Advisers Ltd. is a large advisory firm based in Taipei. It manages $1.75 billion of regulatory assets for 2 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2013.

Ug Investment Advisers provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Ug Investment Advisers: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ug Investment Advisers Ltd. is $1.75 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 198% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.75 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.75 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $873.27 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ug Investment Advisers Ltd. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Ming Ching Wang serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Ming Ching Wang is pooled investment vehicles with 2 clients and $1.75 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Ug Investment Advisers has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.75 billion for 2 clients. 100% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Ug Investment Advisers doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Ug Investment Advisers Ltd.

The company employs 60 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 23 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Ming Ching Wang has been acting as President since 1 Jul 1998. Jui Fang Tsai has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Sep 2000. Tsui Feng Yang joined the executive team most recently as the Executive Operations Officer / Director.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Ming Ching Wang Chief executive officer/director 1 Jul 1998 Other 6174449
Ming Pey Wang Chief compliance officer / director 1 May 1999 Other 6174450
Velvet Group Limited Shareholder 1 Jan 2000 75% - 100% foreign
Jui Fang Tsai Chief investment officer 1 Sep 2000 Other 6174453
Chien Chung Huang Chief operations officer 1 Mar 2012 Other 6174452
Chia Chen Chief financial officer 1 Mar 2016 Other 6705367
Chia Chen Chief operations officer 1 Mar 2017 Other 6705367
Tsui Feng Yang Executive operations officer / director 1 Oct 2018 Other 7165340

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Ming Ching Wang Shareholder 1 Jun 2001 25% - 50% 6174449
Su Fen Kuo Shareholder 1 Apr 2002 25% - 50% 6174454
Ming Pey Wang Shareholder 1 Apr 2002 25% - 50% 6174450

Based in Taipei

The principal office where Ug Investment Advisers Ltd. performs its advisory services is located at Room 1403, 14 F, No.205, Tun Hwa N. Road, Taipei, 105 The mailing address of the firm is 10 F, No. 1, Sec. 2, Tun Hwa S. Road, Taipei, 106. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 886-9-2042-9057 or by fax 886-2-6602-1276. The normal business hours are 8:00 am - 6:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at ugfunds.com.