Shinichiro Shiraki

Part of AIZAWA SECURITIES GROUP CO., LTD., Aizawa Asset Management Co. is a Japanese alternative asset management company based in Chiyoda, Japan. The company aims to achieve customer satisfaction by promptly responding to complaints through their "complaint processing rule." Aizawa Asset Management explains the investment risks and costs involved in transactions of securities, market derivative products, over the counter derivative products, and/or foreign market derivative products. The CEO of the company is Shinichiro Shiraki.

Monex Alternative Investments, Inc. (MAI) is the alternative investment subsidiary of Astmax Investment Management, Inc., itself a subsidiary of Astmax Co., Ltd. (NJ: 8734) in Japan. Founded in 2004 by Shinichiro Shiraki and supported by Monex Beans Holdings and Asuka Asset Management, MAI is an investment advisory firm specializing in alternative investment products for institutional and retail investors. Located in Tokyo, the firm manages the Monex Fund of Funds 1 domestic mutual fund, focused on Japanese and Asia-Pacific hedge funds and co-manages the Fullerton-Monex Fund of Funds with Fullerton Fund Management Co. Ltd., acting as the sub-advisor for the Japanese hedge funds and distributor of the fund to Japanese investors.

Akebono Asset Management Ltd. engages in the financial instruments business. It provides investment services that includes investment management, investment advisory and agency, and financial instruments dealership. The company was founded on June 11, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

PayPay Asset Management Corp. (PayPay) is an asset management firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2004 and formerly known as Astmax Asset Management, Inc. They became PayPay Asset Management in 2021. PayPay is a subsidiary of Z Holdings Corp. (TYO: 4689). The firm provides asset management solutions across broad asset classes which includes traditional assets and alternative investments.