Akira Yoshihiki

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management (USA) Inc. (SMD-AM USA) is the US-based asset management subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co., Ltd., ultimately held by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8316) in Japan. The firm was founded in 1981 and as Daiwa International Capital Management (USA) Ltd. They were renamed Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd. in 1999 and merged with Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management (New York) Inc. to form SMD-AM USA in 2019. Headquartered in New York City, SMD-AM USA provides investment management services to institutional investors in North America which primarily consists of governmental pension funds, supranational organizations and corporate pension funds.

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. (SMDAM-HK) is the wholly-owned, Hong Kong-based investment management subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co., Ltd., ultimately held by MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8725), an insurance holding company headquartered in Japan. The firm was founded in 2019 when Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management and Daiwa SB Investments merged. SMDAM-HK provides asset management, advisory, investment trusts and other services to a diverse client base composed of Japanese and non-Japanese institutional (pension funds, financial institutions, etc.) and individual investors.