Takeshi Shimizu

Asset Management One Co., Ltd. (AMO) is a Japanese global investment management firm which was founded in 2002 as a joint venture between the Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (49%) and the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), now the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (51%). The firm changed their name to Asset Management One Co. Ltd. in 2016 when DIAM Co., Ltd., the asset management division of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Mizuho Asset Management Co., Ltd., and Shinko Asset Management Co., Ltd. merged. Headquartered in Tokyo, AMO offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to pension funds, public funds, financial institution, institutional clients, and corporate clients. They are a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Mizuho Asset Management Co., Ltd. (MAM) is the asset management subsidiary of Asset Management One Co., Ltd. in Japan. The firm's asset management activity started in 1964. The current firm was established in 2007 when Dai-ichi Kangyo Asset Management and Fuji Investment Management merged. MAM is located in Tokyo and provides investment management services for institutions, pension funds and high net-worth individuals. They manage a diverse range of funds and establish investment trusts. The firm works in close relationship with Edinburgh-based Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd. and with Lord, Abbett & Co. in the US.