Atsushi Katayama

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (NAM) is the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. Founded in 1959 as Nomura Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd., the firm became Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. in 1997 when they merged with Nomura Investment Management Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, NAM provides investment advisory services globally to a broad range of institutional investors as well as pooled investment vehicles, including private funds and Japanese investment trusts.

TPG-Axon Capital (HK) Ltd. (Japan) (TPG-Axon Capital Japan) is the Japanese hedge fund management arm of Axon Capital LP, which is owned by Axon Investments LP in the US. Headquartered in Tokyo, TPG-Axon Capital Japan manages the assets of high-net-worth individual and institutional clients.