Hideshige Watanabe

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. (MUMSS) is an independent securities brokerage firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 1948 through a joint venture between Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co. Ltd. and Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co. Ltd. MUMSS offers domestic retail brokerage services to corporate and institutional clients.

BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (BofA Securities Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MLJS) and changed their name to BofA Securities Co., Ltd. in line with grobal re-branding from BofA Merrill Lynch to BofA in 2020. They subsequently became BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, BofA Securities Japan provides stock and bond trading, capital markets, investment banking and other advisory services to corporate clients, financial institutions and government agencies.

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.

Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. (NAM-UK) is the Great Britain-based alternative investment management subsidiary of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., which is owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 1984 as Nomura Investment Management Co., Ltd. NAM-UK manages funds for institutional clients worldwide, which includes government agencies, public and private pension funds, multinational corporations, insurance companies and financial institutions.

Nomura Asset Management Singapore Ltd. (NAMS) is an asset management firm headquartered in Singapore. It is a wholly-owned by Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd., itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. Founded in 1997, NAMS provide investment advisory services to pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, US and non-US investment companies, corporations and other business entities, other pooled investment vehicles, foreign government agencies, foreign governments, sovereign wealth funds or foreign official institutions.

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. (SMDAM-HK) is the wholly-owned, Hong Kong-based investment management subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co., Ltd., ultimately held by MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8725), an insurance holding company headquartered in Japan. The firm was founded in 2019 when Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management and Daiwa SB Investments merged. SMDAM-HK provides asset management, advisory, investment trusts and other services to a diverse client base composed of Japanese and non-Japanese institutional (pension funds, financial institutions, etc.) and individual investors.

Part of Okasan Securities Group, Inc., Okasan Securities Co., Ltd. is a Japanese financial company that provides financial instruments business services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 1923. The CEO is Hiroyuki Shindo.