Hideyuki Aoki

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (NSC) is a wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE: 8604; NYSE: NMR). Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1925. NSC places a strong emphasis on research, both fundamental and quantitative. In addition to stock and bond underwriting, their activities include IPO and M&A advisory, wealth management, separately managed accounts, fund wrap services, prime brokerage and structured equity finance. Their clients include institutions, hedge funds, private banks and private equity funds as well as corporate clients and retail investors.

Daiwa Capital Markets America, Inc. (DCMA), formerly Daiwa Securities America, Inc., is an SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1964. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings, Inc., itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TK: 8601), a Tokyo-based investment bank and broker/dealer. DCMA provides high quality investment data, analysis and research products to major U.S. institutional investors.

BRZ Investimentos Ltda. is the asset management subsidiary of Weigl Participações SA in Brazil, itself a subsidiary of GP Investments Ltd. (BVMF: GPIV33), a firm based in the Bermuda Islands and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and traded on the EuroMTF market. The firm was incubated at GP Investimentos in 1998 and formerly known as GP Administração de Recursos. They became BRZ Investimentos in 2007. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, BRZ Investimentos is a multi-product, customer-focused firm which performs in-house research, strict risk control and mainly offers credit and private equity funds strategies.

Part of Daiwa Securities Group, Inc., Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings, Inc. trades and brokers financial instruments. The company is based in New York, NY.

Matthews International Capital Management LLC (dba Matthews Asia) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Paul Matthews in 1991. Matthews Asia manages portfolios for institutional clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations and other business entities around the world.

LOTTE Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets sweets, confectioneries, and desserts such as chewing gums, chocolates, candies, biscuits, cookies, and ice cream. It also engages in the business of real estate operations, golf course operations, and hotel and restaurant management services. The company was founded by Kyuk-Ho Shin in June 1948 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

The Tokyo Star Bank Ltd. engages in the commercial banking business. Its services include the deposits, loans, domestic and foreign exchanges, securities, and brokerage services. The company was founded on June 11, 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. provides residential development services, corporate real estate brokerage, commercial property development, building leasing, and architectural design and investment management services. The company was founded in April 15, 1957 and is headquartered Japan

Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Nomura International HK) is the brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings Co. Ltd., which is ultimately-owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm’s global markets team offers research, sales and trading of global securities to a diverse range of clients globally, including institutional investors, financial institutions, corporates, financial sponsors and government entities. Nomura International HK operates a truly integrated, cross-asset platform which includes research, sales and trading in equities, currencies, rates and credit in cash and derivative products.

FIG LLC (Private Equity) (FIG) is a private equity firm subsidiary of FIG LLC founded in 1998 by Wesley Edens, Randal Nardone, and Robert Kauffman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (Private Banking) (NSC-Private Banking) is the private banking division of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., the wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings Inc. (TYO: 8604; ADR: NMR) in Japan. The firm was founded in 1925 as a spin-off from the securities department of Osaka Nomura Bank. Headquartered in Tokyo, NSC-Private Banking provides investment advisory and private banking services including separately managed accounts to a domestic clientele of institutions and high-net worth individuals. They also offer stock, mutual funds, bonds, ETF, REIT and FX products.

Santander Brasil Asset Management DTVM SA (SAM Brasil) is the Brazil-based investment management subsidiary of SAM Brasil Participacoes SA, itself a subsidiary of Santander Asset Management Holdings Ltd. in Great Britain. Formerly known as Santander Banespa Asset Management, the firm was founded in 1968 and is located in São Paulo, where they provide mutual fund and discretionary portfolio management for institutions, pension funds, corporations and private investors. In 2009 the firm absorbed the activities of Banco Real Asset Management. They are a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment which integrates ESG factors into their investment processes.

JGP Gestão de Recursos Ltda. (JGP) is the asset management y subsidiary of JGP Participacoes Ltda. in Brazil. The firm was founded in 1998 by a group of investment professionals including André Roberto Jakurski, Arlindo Raggio Vergaças Jr. and José Carlos Carvalho. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, JGP manages the JGP range of funds and provides investment advisory services to sophisticated investors and high-net worth individuals. To align interests with those of their clients, the JGP partners invest in the JGP funds.

Founded in 1972, Daiwa Capital Markets (Singapore) Ltd. is a subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore.

Aditya Birla Grasun Chemicals Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures and exports phosphoric acids.

A.T.E. Enterprises Pvt Ltd. distributes textile products, industrial equipment, printing and industrial supplies. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Reading Municipal Light Department operates as a municipal electric utility. The private company is based in Reading, MA.

A.T.E Pvt Ltd. is an Indian company that manufactures industrial machinery. The private company is based in Mumbai, India. and has subsidiaries in India.

S CAP Consultancy LLC (S CAP Consultancy) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Kunal Sethi. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Banco BTG Pactual SA (Investment Management) (BTG Pactual-IM) is the investment management division of Banco BTG Pactual SA (BVMF: BPAC11), an investment bank headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 2009, BTG Pactual-IM provides asset management services through investment funds and managed portfolios. They invest on behalf of institutional investors, such as pension funds, corporations, insurance companies, financial intermediaries, governments, and high-net-worth individuals and family offices.

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors (UK) LLP (Schonfeld UK) is an investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2018 and is a subsidiary of Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC in the US. Schonfeld UK provides portfolio management services to various investors.

Blueline Asset Management Ltda. is based in São Paulo, Brazil and has subsidiaries in Cayman Islands. is an independent asset management firm led by a group of partners with an average of 28 years of experience in the financial industry, including previous positions at J.P. Morgan and Banco BBM. The Brazilian company operates as a meritocratic partnership with a focus on profitability and strict risk control. The private company was founded in 2018, and Giovani Pereira e Silva has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

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.

Prithvi Ventures LLC (Prithvi Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Kunal Sethi. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Daiwa Securities Group, Inc., Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd. is a brokerage firm. The company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 1980. The CEO is Megan Christine McDonald.