Adrian Nigel Francis Fowler

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.

Columbia Threadneedle Asset Managers Ltd. (CTAM) is an asset management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1990 as F&C Asset Managers Ltd. and renamed BMO Asset Managers Ltd. in 2018. They changed their name to Columbia Threadneedle Asset Managers Ltd. when BMO rebranded to Columbia Threadneedle Investments in 2022. The firm is a subsidiary of Columbia Threadneedle AM (Holdings) Plc, ultimately held by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) in the US. CTAM manages a range of in-house and multi-manager funds for private individuals and institutional clients.