Patrick Rial

VARECS Partners Ltd. (VARECS) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded by Jiro Yasu in 2006. VARECS provides manages assets of individual and institutional investors.

JPMorgan Securities Japan Co. Ltd. (JPMS-J) is the brokerage subsidiary of JPMorgan International Finance Ltd., itself a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) in the US. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, JPMS-J provides investment banking services, intermediary of Global Custody service and other asset servicing business provided by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. and its group companies.