Toshihisa Aoki

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.

Amundi Japan Ltd. is the Japanese fund management subsidiary of Amundi Asset Management SA, ultimately owned by Rue La Boétie’s Crédit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA, ADR: CRARY) in France. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was created in 2010 when Credit Agricole Asset Management Japan and Societe Generale Asset Management Japan merged. Amundi Japan provides a range of innovative investment products across asset classes to institutional and individual investors.