Masaru Nishikido

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR) is a private equity subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc founded in 1976 by Henry Kravis, George Roberts and Jerome Kohlberg. The firm is headquartered in New York.

PAG Investment Management Co., Ltd. is the Japanese asset management subsidiary of Pacific Alliance Group Ltd., itself owned by PAG, an alternative investment firm based in Hong Kong. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1997 and manages assets of private and institutional investors.

Avendus Capital Pvt Ltd. provides financial services. The firm offers financial advisory, mergers and acquisitions, private equity syndication, equity capital markets, structured finance, financial sponsors group, wealth management, alternative asset management, and institutional equities. The company was founded by Ranu Vohra, Gaurav Deepak and Kaushal Aggarwal and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Part of KKR & Co., Inc., Marelli Holdings Co., Ltd. functions as an investment holding Japanese company. The company is based in Saitama, Japan. David J. The company was founded in 2016. Slump has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

AlixPartners LLP engages in the provision of restructuring, consulting, and financial advisory services. It specializes in management consulting, strategic planning, corporate restructuring, go-to-market strategies, business growth and performance investments, and accelerated business transformation. The company was founded by Jay Alix in 1981 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Pte. (Morgan Stanley Asia-SG) is the securities brokerage subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (Singapore) Holdings Pte. Ltd., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in Singapore, Morgan Stanley Asia-SG offers sales, securities trading and market-making services to Global institutions, hedge funds and industry innovators.

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.

J.P. Morgan Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., J.P. Morgan Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides banking services.

LIM Advisors Ltd. (LIM) is an alternative investment manager headquartered in Hong Kong with additional research offices in Tokyo and London. The firm was founded by George W. Long in 1995 as Long Investment Management Ltd. They are a subsidiary of Long Investment Management International Ltd. in British Virgin Islands. LIM manages both liquid and private capital strategies.

KKR Group Co., Inc. engages in the provision of investment and private equity asset management services. The firm manages investments across multiple asset classes including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and hedge funds. It operates through the Asset Management and Insurance segments. The Asset Management segment includes investment management and other services to funds, vehicles, collateral loan obligations, managed accounts and portfolio companies, and transaction-specific income from capital markets transactions. The Insurance segment offers retirement and life insurance services which provide a suite of protection, legacy and savings products to customers and reinsurance solutions to clients across individual and institutional markets. The company was founded by Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts in 1976 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goldman Sachs Real Estate Principal Investment Area is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Goldman Sachs Realty Management LLC provides real estate investment management and mortgage loan services. It manages assets including apartment, commercial space, hotel rooms and land. The firm also provides general business services, such as accounting, information technology and legal consulting. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

The Urban Land Institute operates as a non-commercial research organization. It provides leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. The company was founded on December 14, 1936 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) is a non-profit trade association based in Hartford, CT, for the institutional real estate investment industry. The company's members include public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and investment advisory firms. PREA provides its members with materials to keep up to date on trends and issues in real estate investment decisions, including sustainability and other ESG considerations. The company also offers access to the MSCI/PREA U.S. Property Fund Index, which allows for detailed analysis of the performance of open-end property funds and their underlying investments.

Part of KKR & Co., Inc., KKR Real Estate Select Trust, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Willard Carlisle Butcher.

Schroder Investment Management (Japan) Ltd. (SIM-JP) is the investment management subsidiary of Schroder International Finance BV, ultimately owned by Schroders plc (LON: SDR, ADR: SHNWY) in Great Britain. Founded in 1985, the firm is headquartered in Tokyo and provides asset management services to private individuals and institutions. SIM-JP also manages a range of investment products and distributes products managed within the parent group. The firm is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).