Wataru Ogihara

Nomura International Plc provides a variety of financial services including advisement, investment banking and asset management. It trades in and sells fixed income and equity products, including related derivatives; and provides investment banking services, and corporate finance and private equity services. The company is also involved in asset and principal finance business. It offers investment advisory and management, custody, and employment services. Nomura International was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Japanese Chamber of Commerce Industry of New York, Inc. is non-profit organization that engages in facilitation of trade between the U.S. and Japan. The company was founded on November 14, 1932 by 14 prominent Japanese businessman, and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

The Nomura Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. operates as a trust bank. It operates through the following business divisions: Trust Business, Banking Business, and Securities Business. The firm’s Trust Business division specializes in specified money trusts and specified pecuniary trusts; individually operated designated money and pecuniary trusts; jointly operated designated money trusts; composite trusts; pension trusts; investment trusts; securities trusts; and outsource services for investment trusts. Its Banking Business division engages in deposit taking, lending, domestic exchange business, and foreign exchange business. The firm’s Security Business division handles the investment trust, over-the-counter sales, and account administration business; corporate bond administration business; fiscal agent for corporate bonds; investment advisory and agency business; and investment management business. The company was founded on August 24, 1993 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

TPG-Axon Capital (HK) Ltd. (Japan) (TPG-Axon Capital Japan) is the Japanese hedge fund management arm of Axon Capital LP, which is owned by Axon Investments LP in the US. Headquartered in Tokyo, TPG-Axon Capital Japan manages the assets of high-net-worth individual and institutional clients.

SMBC Nikko Securities, Inc. is the securities brokerage subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8316) in Japan. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 2009 and provides stockbroking services to Japanese individuals and corporate clients.

Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. (Broker) (Daiwa Broker) is the brokerage division of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., which is ultimately held by Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TYO: 8601). The firm is headquartered in Tokyo and was founded in 2012. Daiwa Broker provides brokerage services to their clients.