Takeshi Shimizu

Mizuho Bank Ltd. engages in financial service business. It offers services such as buying and selling of securities, lending, deposits, securities investment, domestic exchange settlement, foreign exchanges transaction, and corporate bond trustee and register services. It also deals in buying and selling of gold, public bond underwriting, sale of public bonds, lottery, trust agent, and consulting services. The company was founded on May 7, 1923 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. engages in the financial instruments business that includes sales and trade of equity and bond, research, and investment trusts. It operates through the following business divisions: Retail, Corporate Investment Services, and Markets and Products. The Retail business division markets equities, bonds, investment trusts, and insurance for individual clients. The Corporate Investment Services business division offers securities solutions, investment banking, management strategies and raising funds for corporate clients. The Markets and Products division handles the product development. The company was founded in July 1917 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan Securities Clearing Corp. provides clearing and settlement services for securities exchanges. It offers equities and bonds, futures and options, Japanese government bonds, credit default swap and interest rate swap products. The company was founded in July 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Wealthnavi, Inc. (Investment Management) (Wealthnavi-IM) is the investment management division of Wealthnavi, Inc. (TYO: 7342), a publicly-held company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2015 as Wells Navi Co., Ltd. and became WealthNavi in 2016. Wealthnavi-IM offers asset management advice which uses risk management algorithm.