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Company & leadership6
About EXAM INVESTMENT
Five specialist fields. One connected perspective from Dubai.
Company profile
EXAM INVESTMENT / Dubai, United Arab Emirates
AKIO HIRAYAMA — Leadership
Representative Director of EXAM INVESTMENT.
A message from AKIO HIRAYAMA
Connect expertise. Explain the reasoning. Keep a long-term perspective.
Our investment approach
A promising theme is the start of a question—not the end of an assessment.
Governance & risk
Know who decides, who holds the assets and what happens when assumptions fail.
Gold & precious assets4
Gold & precious assets
From the quoted price to the physical asset behind it.
Gold custody & ownership
A gold price tells you its market value. A custody agreement tells you what you hold.
What moves the gold price?
Read the market context before interpreting a price move.
Gold provenance & sourcing
Follow the evidence behind the material.
Funds & investments3
Crypto assets3
Crypto assets & blockchain
Beyond price: networks, ownership, custody and counterparties.
Crypto custody & access
Understand who can authorise a transfer and how access is recovered.
Tokenisation & real-world rights
A digital record needs a clear connection to the claim behind it.
Diamonds & precious stones4
Diamonds & precious stones
A rare object deserves an individual assessment.
Understanding a diamond report
A report describes a stone. It does not set the price of a future sale.
Diamond provenance & records
Quality, geographic origin and ownership are different questions.
Diamond quality & market value
Compare the stone, the transaction and the route to a buyer.
AI research & technology4
AI research & technology
Connecting research progress with the realities of building a business.
From AI demonstration to deployment
A compelling demonstration is a starting point for evaluation.
The operating economics of AI
Connect technical performance with the cost of delivering a useful result.
AI data, rights & dependencies
Understand what a project is allowed to use and what it actually controls.
Investment essentials6
Diversification beyond the label
Count the sources of risk, not simply the number of holdings.
Liquidity & investment horizons
When you may need money matters as much as the value shown on a statement.
Reading an investment proposal
Turn an attractive story into questions that documents can answer.
Currency and investment results
An asset’s return and your spending currency can tell different stories.
Investment terms in plain language
A shared vocabulary for reading the terms.
Frequently asked questions
Practical answers about EXAM INVESTMENT and this website.