Takashi Shimoyanagita

BNY Mellon Investment Management Japan Ltd. (BNY-MIM) is the wholly-owned Japanese asset management subsidiary of BNY Mellon Investment Management (APAC) Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) in the US. The firm was founded in 1998 as Mellon Global Investments Japan Ltd. and became BNY Mellon Asset Management Japan Ltd. in 2007. They changed their name into BNY Mellon Investment Management Japan Ltd. in 2020. Headquartered in Tokyo, BNY-MIM manages and distributes a range of investment products and provides financial advisory services for institutions, high net-worth individuals, professional investors and intermediaries.

NN Investment Partners (Japan) Co. Ltd. (NN IP-JP) is the Japanese subsidiary of NN Investment Partners Holdings NV, ultimately held by ING Groep N.V. (NYSE: ING) in The Netherlands. NN IP-JP was established in 1999 and services Japanese institutions (governmental and corporate pension funds, insurance companies and foundations) as well as private individuals. Based in Tokyo, the firm co-advises sub-funds of umbrella funds domiciled in Europe and manages Japan-domiciled funds, focusing on the Japanese market. They also distribute the diverse range of funds managed within the parent group.