Hiroshi Misawa

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SMTAM) is the asset management subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8309, ADR: SUTNY) in Japan. Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1986 as STB Capital Management Co., Ltd. They became Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd. in 2012 when STB Asset Management Co., Ltd. merged with Sumishin Asset Management Co., Ltd. and Chuo Mitsui Asset Management Co., Ltd. SMTAM provides market coverage and sales support for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank's Japanese equity investment strategies to institutional investors and intermediaries in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia.

Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (CM-ATB) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. in Japan. The firm is located in Tokyo and provides financial services to corporate and institutional clients (trusts and pensions funds) and manages pension and securities trusts. Their MTH Preferred Capital investment trusts are incorporated in the Cayman Islands. CM-ATB also sub-advises portfolios for Chuo Mitsui Asset Management. CM-ATB is involved in corporate, social and environmental responsibility.

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. Ltd. operates a combined banking, trust & real estate business. In addition to the banking business, they operate trust & property management businesses such as pension trusts, investment management, securities processing and stock transfer agencies as well as real estate services. Its operating segments are trust banking business, leasing business and financial-related business. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan