Masashi Terachi

Nomura Asset Management Singapore Ltd. (NAMS) is an asset management firm headquartered in Singapore. It is a wholly-owned by Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd., itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. Founded in 1997, NAMS provide investment advisory services to pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, US and non-US investment companies, corporations and other business entities, other pooled investment vehicles, foreign government agencies, foreign governments, sovereign wealth funds or foreign official institutions.

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. It invests in smaller capitalization Japanese equity securities traded on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and JASDAQ Stock Exchanges, the Mothers, Centrex Markets, and other indices. The company was founded on January 25, 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Korea Equity Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company. It seeks long-term capital appreciation through investments primarily in equity securities of Korean industries. The company was founded on September 7, 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.