Atsushi Takahashi

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.

Nippon Securities Technology Co., Ltd. planning, design, development, operation and maintenance of securities systems. It also provides information technology services for financial institutions. The company was founded in July 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Founded in 2007, Mizuho Alternative Investments LLC (MAI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager located in New York City. The firm was owned by Mizuho Bank Ltd., a bank headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd., a broker-dealer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Effective July 1, 2016, as a result of reorganization of Mizuho’s US-based entities into a US bank holding company, MAI is now wholly-owned by Mizuho Americas LLC, a US bank holding company of the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: MFG). MAI is also registered with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a commodity trading advisor (CTA). MAI's discretionary advisory clients are pooled investment vehicles. These private investment funds are generally established in the Cayman Islands as unit investment trusts, private investment partnerships or investment companies and may retain MAI is an investment advisor or sub-advisor. In addition, MAI acts as sub-advisor to an investment fund that is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.