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    <unittitle>Makoto Yasuda Papers on Private Investment Company for Asia</unittitle>
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      <persname role="cre" rules="local" source="local">Yasuda, Makoto</persname>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1968/1984" type="inclusive">1968-1984</unitdate>
    <abstract id="4f5bc376b9c6ab18de974cdb6bba4f7d">Makoto Yasuda is the former chairman of Private Investment Company for Asia (PICA), an association of 243 North American, European, Japanese, Australian, and Canadian companies and banks. Based in Singapore, PICA funded new and existing private businesses throughout Asia, specifically in countries with tiger economies. The collection is comprised of PICA's annual and quarterly reports, investment proposals and reports on investment projects, and Board of Directors and Executive Committee meeting minutes and correspondence.</abstract>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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  <scopecontent id="81dbd52ab652a159f93acc65a3b6d035">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>The collection is comprised of Private Investment Company for Asia's annual and quarterly reports, investment proposals and reports on investment projects, and Board of Directors and Executive Committee meeting minutes and correspondence. Also of note is the correspondence between the founders of PICA and programs from the annual general meetings.</p>  </scopecontent>
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  <acqinfo id="29e6cf367d6a5740018490b713576685">
    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>The collection was donated by Makoto Yasuda in <date type="aquisition" normal="2014-11">November 2014</date>. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2014.039.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>No materials were separated from this collection.</p>  </appraisal>
  <relatedmaterial id="1627ae35334bdf83d3d7606bd936348b">
    <head>Related Materials</head>
<p>The <extref xlink:href="http://findingaids.princeton.edu/collections/MC245" xlink:type="simple">Robert Ross Papers on Development and Investment in Latin America and Africa (MC245)</extref> document the Adela Investment Company, the organization that was looked to as a model for PICA.</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>This collection was processed by Rachel Van Unen in 2014 at the time of accessioning.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <note label="personal-name">Yasuda, Makoto</note>
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Makoto Yasuda is the former Chairman of Private Investment Company for Asia (PICA), an association of 243 North American, European, Japanese, Australian, and Canadian companies and banks. Based in Singapore, PICA funded new and existing private businesses throughout Asia, specifically in countries with tiger economies.</p><p> Yasuda earned his B.A in Economics from Gakushuin University in Tokyo (1960) and a M.S. in Accounting Science from the University of Illinois (1963). Prior to becoming Chairman of PICA, Yasuda worked for the organization on projects involving direct equity participation, technology transfers, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, project management, and corporate governance. He was appointed Chairman after PICA was acquired by the Elders Finance Group from Australia. Yasuda remained Chairman until he left to establish his own corporate advisory and business consulting firm in 1987. He currently serves as the sole shareholder and president of Yasuda Makoto and Co., Ltd.</p>  </bioghist>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="viaf">Private Investment Company for Asia</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Economic development</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Financial institutions, International</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Asia--Economic conditions</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Reports</genreform>
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  <dsc><c id="MC274_c01" level="file"><did><unittitle>Information Memorandum for Asian Development Bank, Volume I</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314267</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1983-08/1983-08">1983 August</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="a711340915fa777c65b23692e51e7a51" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c02" level="file"><did><unittitle>Report to the Board of Directors</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314268</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1984-02/1984-02">1984 February</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="d3bf071e07a814f7c418ec19d065fd4e" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c03" level="file"><did><unittitle>Minutes of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314269</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1969/1983" type="inclusive">1969-1983</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="9a73910887d10b4154fb699ac4c937e1" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="47fb4d82aad6964644d11892cd5fd77e"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>This folder also includes a press release from February 1977 announcing the expansion of PICA.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="MC274_c04" level="file"><did><unittitle>Board Meeting in Singapore</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314270</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1984-02/1984-02">1984 February</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="31a75bd09ad4b9292e4507b292408a4e" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c05" level="file"><did><unittitle>Extra-Ordinary General Meeting in Singapore</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314271</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1984-06/1984-06">1984 June</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="c97159e5c759de582e096e6387224591" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c06" level="file"><did><unittitle>Board Meeting in Manila</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314272</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1983-10/1983-10">1983 October</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="1668223e920b9df23ec10b87964c5016" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c07" level="file"><did><unittitle>Annual General Meeting Programs</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314273</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1969/1982" type="inclusive">1969-1982</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="c6367a7cff880807bf2096fa935d581d" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c08" level="file"><did><unittitle>Early Correspondence Between Founding Fathers</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314274</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1968-08/1968-12" type="inclusive">1968 August-December</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="9df07ebe0c21aef50ca76f088b4d75d4" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c09" level="file"><did><unittitle>Founding Documents</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314275</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1968/1968" type="inclusive">1968</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="3d8feb5e45f0a014143c10fa62dd704e" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="715aa9de15117e07edec1d1fe0d6cfaa"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>This folder includes copies of the following: the private placement memorandum/articles of incorporation/by-laws, a memorandum to subscribers and a subscription agreement, a draft letter to leaders of prospective shareholder companies, and a specimen share certificate.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="MC274_c10" level="file"><did><unittitle>Annual Reports</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314276</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1969/1984" type="inclusive">1969-1984</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="ed28f5aea48f51ac6ef83caf4cefed75" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c11" level="file"><did><unittitle>Reports on Active Investment Projects</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314277</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1972/1981" type="inclusive">1972-1981</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="53fb7a6793e23032814590697dd7a847" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c12" level="file"><did><unittitle>Newspaper Articles</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314278</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1968/1984" type="inclusive">1968-1984</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="1cbbf9572eb9fb2d114f0fa8e27c25f4" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c13" level="file"><did><unittitle>Japanese Laws</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314279</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1969/1969" type="inclusive">1969</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="d68a9263d224bf1ab4de1a2443ae6388" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="cf7426f56cceb2d57f293b122c9feb4e"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Laws related to PICA's operational headquarters in Tokyo</p></scopecontent></c><c id="MC274_c14" level="file"><did><unittitle>CEO and Chairmen's Correspondence</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314280</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1984-02/1984-04" type="inclusive">1984 February-April</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="8eb14efe93f9e6a75a584fc89150f2a1" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="895a70df50244591c9b294f186148a4f"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>This folder includes a letter from Anthony Hayward, President, to all PICA Directors and a letter from the Board of Directors to all shareholders.</p></scopecontent></c><c id="MC274_c15" level="file"><did><unittitle>First Board Meeting and Executive Committee Meeting</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314281</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1969-02/1969-02">1969 February</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="4fa30ededf696700abc3c8c5e4825714" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c16" level="file"><did><unittitle>Quarterly Economic Reports</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314282</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1970/1971" type="inclusive">1970-1971</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="3c831abc0dbf81fa6fca1eb027a4c14c" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did></c><c id="MC274_c17" level="file"><did><unittitle>Investment Proposals</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/3/archival_objects/314283</unitid><physdesc altrender="whole"><extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 box</extent></physdesc><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1968/1981" type="inclusive">1968, 1973-1981</unitdate><container altrender="scamudd" encodinganalog="NBox" id="4dea62343ff359c04c4fc91d588bdfa9" label="Mixed Materials [32101105960874]" type="box">1</container></did><scopecontent id="e02c69f914cd3e45af2c4eca879f28de"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>These folders also contain a small amount of early administrative material such as job descriptions.</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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