Yasuo Saito

Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. engages in the sale and maintenance services for insurance products to individuals and companies. The company offers financial lending, investment, security services and others. It also provides consulting services for the transition from qualified retirement pensions to defined-benefit pension plans and defined-contribution pension plans. The company was founded on November 22, 1923 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. engages in the provision of financial services centered on banking. It operates through the following business segments: Wholesale, Retail, International, Market Sales, and Headquarters Management. The Wholesale segment covers business for customers of large and medium-sized companies in Japan. The Retail segment handles business for domestic individuals and SME customers. The International segment comprises of business for overseas Japanese and non-Japanese companies. The Market Sales segment corresponds to financial market business. The Headquarters Management segment includes all other businesses not covered by other segments. The company was founded in April 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) (FMLI-IP) is the investment portfolio management subsidiary of Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Japan. Founded in 1923, the insurance firm is headquartered in Tokyo with branches and agencies throughout Japan and international subsidiaries in London and New York. FMLI-IP provides insurance as well as financial products and services, distributed to retail and corporate clients by their own sales network and through various financial institutions. In 2006 the firm formed a business alliance with Kyoei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., concentrating on life insurance while Kyoei Kasai Shinrai Life covers the non-life sector. The firm provides corporate pension plans and offers socially responsible investment products.