Yoko Hokari Sakai

Harding Loevner LP is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1989 by former managers for the Rockefeller family. They are a direct subsidiary of Titan NJ LP Holdings LLC, which is owned by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). Harding Loevner provides investment management services to a variety of types of clients in the US such as retirement plans, foundations and endowments, sovereign wealth funds, religious institutions, individuals, trusts, broker-dealers, banks, investment advisers, insurance companies, mutual funds, collective investment trust funds, and offshore funds.

MUFG Securities Americas, Inc. is the US-based broker/dealer subsidiary of MUFG Americas Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8306) in Japan. The firm is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, and Chicago. MUFG Securities Americas was founded in 2003 and were formerly known as Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. They offer an expansive product suite through capital markets, credit, rates, equities and structured products.

Founded in 1969, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) Inc. is an SEC-registered brokerage firm and registered futures commission merchant located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is HSBC Holdings Plc. (NYSE: HBC). HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) is a member of FINRA, the NYSE and the SIPC. Their securities and annuity products are provided by registered representatives and insurance agents of HSBC Securities (U.S.A.). In California, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) conducts insurance business as HSBC Securities Insurance Services. Insurance products are offered through insurance agents of HSBC Insurance Agency (U.S.A.) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank U.S.A. NA and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The company also engages in investment banking underwriting, dealing and brokering of debt and equity securities and futures contracts and is a primary dealer in U.S. Government and federal agency securities.