Toru Ohara

Okasan Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Okasan AM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded as Japan Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. in 1964 by the merger between Okasan Investment Trust Management, Osakaya Investment Trust Management and Tamatsuka Investment Trust Management. They changed their name to Okasan Asset Management Co., Ltd. through the merger between Japan Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. and Okasan Capital Management Co., Ltd. in 2008. They became a joint venture between the SBI group and the Okasan Securities Group in 2022. Okasan AM provides a wide variety of products to meet diversified client needs of institutional investors such as pension funds.

Franklin Templeton Investments Japan Ltd. (FTIJ) is a subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Capital Holdings Pte Ltd., ultimately held by US-based Franklin Resources Inc. (NYSE: BEN). FTIJ was established in 1996 and is located in Tokyo. The firm provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to institutions worldwide. They also provide administrative and portfolio sub-advisory services for their parent group. FTIJ's funds are distributed internationally through the parent group.