Masato Degawa

Société Générale Asset Management (Japan) Co., Ltd. (SGAM-JP) is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Amundi SA, the joint venture established in 2010 by the French banking groups Crédit Agricole SA (XP: ACA), holder of the majority interest, and Société Générale SA (XP: GLE). Established in 1971 and based in Tokyo, SGAM-JP provides pooled and segregated investment management services to retail and institutional investors. In 1998 SGAM expanded their presence in Japan through the acquisition of Yamaichi ToshiKomon. In 2004 they acquired Resona Asset Management. Within the global organization of SGAM, SGAM-JP operates as the Japanese and Asian equity expert.

BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. is the Japan-based investment advisory subsidiary of BlackRock Japan Holdings GK, headquartered in Tokyo. The firm was founded in 1988 and is ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. BlackRock Japan merged with Barclays Global Investors Japan Co., Ltd. (BGI) in 2009. The resulting firm combines BlackRock's focus on actively managed funds with the former BGI's strength in index and exchange-traded funds. BlackRock Japan provides investment advisory services, manages Japanese investments, and contributes local specialist insight to Blackrock's range of funds, particularly the iShares tracker ETFs. Their clients are pension funds, governments, insurance companies, public institutions, funds, foundations, charitable organizations, operating companies, banks, government funds, asset management companies, and individual investors around the world.