Hiroki Miyazato

Haitong International Securities Group Ltd. operates as an investment holding company. It operates through the following segments: Wealth Management, Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Global Markets, and Investment. The Wealth Management segment is involved in the provision of financial advisory services and customized investment solutions to satisfy the specific financial needs of high net worth clients. The Corporate Finance segment provides sponsoring and underwriting services to corporate clients for fund raising activities in equity and debt capital markets, and engages in the provision of financial advisory service for corporate actions such as mergers and acquisitions. The Asset Management segment focuses on investment management services on diversified and comprehensive investment products including public funds, private funds, and mandatory provident funds to individual, corporate, and institutional clients. The Global Markets segment refers to the provision of financial services to a diverse group of institutional clients, such as investment funds, sovereign funds, insurance companies, and financial institutions globally. The Investment segment engages in various instruments and holds the investment securities of the Group. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

The Japan Securities Dealers Association operates as its name suggests, serving as an association for securities dealers in Japan. The non-profit company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Haitong & Co. (UK) Ltd. provides investment banking services. It offers client coverage, project finance and securitisation, private finance, capital markets and private banking services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Credit Suisse Group AG is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through the following four divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Swiss Bank and Asset Management and four geographic regions: Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, and Americas. The Wealth Management division offers comprehensive wealth management and investment solutions, tailored financing, and advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high net-worth (HNW) individuals and external asset managers. The Investment Bank division offers a broad range of financial products and services focused on client-driven businesses and also supports Credit Suisse’s Wealth Management division and its clients. The Swiss Bank division offers comprehensive advice and a wide range of financial solutions to private, corporate, and institutional clients in Switzerland. The Asset Management division offers investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations, and individuals. The company was founded by Alfred Escher on July 5, 1856 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

DZ BANK AG operates as a central and commercial bank. It provides retail banking, equity sales, relationship management, transaction banking, commercial paper programs, consulting, research, front, back office and exchange-traded derivatives. The firm specializes in fixed income and private-customer-focused securities services. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Rongtong Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Rongtong) is the investment advisory subsidiary of New Times Securities Co. Ltd. in China. Headquartered in Shenzhen, the firm was founded in 2001 and has a partnership with Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. Rongtong manages a range of open-end mutual funds and closed-end investment funds for various investors.