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Daiwa Asset Management (Europe) Ltd. (Daiwa AM-Europe) is the Great Britain-based investment management subsidiary of Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd., itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group Co. Ltd. (TYO: 8601) in Japan. The firm was founded in 1987 and conducts equity research with the Tokyo office (focusing on mid-cap companies in Western Europe), sub-advising portfolios for funds managed in Tokyo and domiciled in the Cayman Islands (specializing in fixed-income and commodities investments) and locally distributing investment trusts and other financial products managed within the group. Headquartered in London, Daiwa AM-Europe has retail investors as primary clients.

AllianceBernstein Japan Ltd. (AB Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese fund management subsidiary of AllianceBernstein Corp. of Delaware, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH) in the US. The firm was founded in 1996 and formerly known as Alliance Capital Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. AB Japan is headquartered in Tokyo and manages mutual funds for individual and institutional investors.