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Past Partners

Central Banking Meetings have benefitted from the support and participation of the following partners.

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Mastercard is a technology company in the global payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, sustainable digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere, by making transactions safe, simple, fast and accessible.  Sustainable and inclusive economic activity has never been more challenging or more necessary. At Mastercard, we are focused on connecting the “why” of our purpose to the “what” of our fundamental business strategy to ensure that we deliver long-term growth for our shareholders and contribute to a more equitable and prosperous world.

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Kroll’s anti-money laundering (AML) advisory services help governments and financial institutions around the world effectively tackle money laundering and terrorist financing.

Kroll provides proprietary data, technology and insights to help our clients stay ahead of complex demands related to risk, governance and growth. Our solutions deliver a powerful competitive advantage, enabling faster, smarter and more sustainable decisions. With 5,000 experts around the world, we create value and impact for our clients and communities. To learn more, visit www.kroll.com.

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Invesco is an independent investment management firm that helps clients build long-term, strategic partnerships with official institutions, offering the best of its investment expertise and capabilities.

It manages $1.4 trillion in assets on behalf of clients worldwide and offers specialised investment teams across a comprehensive range of asset classes, investment styles and geographies.

Invesco has more than 8,400 employees worldwide and an on-the-ground presence in more than 20 countries, serving clients in more than 120 countries.

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FNA is a fast-growing, deep technology company rooted in finance. Our flagship product, the FNA Platform enables financial institutions to map and monitor complex interconnected networks and to simulate operational and financial risks. Our clients use FNA to plan for network changes, to improve efficiency of existing operations and to identify and mitigate risks identified in business networks including, operational bottlenecks, concentration and liquidity risks. Over a decade of pioneering research into financial graph analytics makes the 

company a leader in its field. FNA’s clients include the world’s largest central banks, financial market infrastructures and financial institutions. 


FNA's mission is to make the financial system safer and more efficient and to play a pivotal role in the growing AI and Machine Learning ecosystem, where FNA's engine powers use cases across a growing number of business domains. For more information, please see www.fna.fi

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Automated efficiency, tailored to you

Founded in 1971, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions.

Since our inception we’ve been committed to proactively understanding our client's needs to maximize their investments with ease, ultimately providing choice of solutions, innovative software and services, and simplicity.

We’re proud to be an independent, publicly traded entity headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, listed on NASDAQ Copenhagen. With clients including 300+ of the world’s leading asset managers, fund managers, asset servicers, pension and insurance funds, wealth managers, central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and treasury, as well as over 25+ offices around the world with more than 2,300+ employees, we are a truly expert led, global team that connects every continent and industry, seamlessly.

https://www.simcorp.com/

If you wish to contact a member of the SimCorp team, please contact Alan Copping (Alan.copping@simcorp.com)

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SWIFT is a global member-owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and financial crime compliance. Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories, enabling them to communicate securely and exchange standardised financial messages in a reliable way.  As their trusted provider, we facilitate global and local financial flows, support trade and commerce all around the world; we relentlessly pursue operational excellence and continually seek ways to lower costs, reduce risks and eliminate operational inefficiencies. Headquartered in Belgium, SWIFT’s international governance and oversight reinforces the neutral, global character of its cooperative structure. SWIFT’s global office network ensures an active presence in all the major financial centres. www.swift.com

 

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With its RegTech product unit, BearingPoint is a leading international provider of  innovative regulatory and risk technology solutions (RegTech and RiskTech) and services along the Regulatory Value Chain for Financial Services.

Customers representing 6,000 firms worldwide, among them large international banks, a major part of the largest European banks, leading insurance companies as well as supervisory authorities and central banks, trust BearingPoint’s RegTech products and services.

We work closely with regulators and, as a member of standardization bodies such as XBRL, we actively contribute to the standard-setting process. We combine our regulatory know-how with our proven, reliable and forward-looking RegTech solution suite, expert consulting capabilities, as well as managed services and training seminars.

For more information, please visit www.reg.tech

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Amundi is Europe's largest asset manager by assets under management and ranks in the top 10 globally. Thanks to the integration of Pioneer Investments, it now manages over 1.3 trillion euros of assets across six main investment hubs . Amundi offers its clients in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and the Americas a wealth of market expertise and a full range of capabilities across the active, passive and real assets investment universes. Headquartered in Paris, and listed since November 2015, Amundi is the 1st asset manager in Europe by market capitalization and the 5th globally .

Leveraging the benefits of its increased scope and size, Amundi has the ability to offer new and enhanced services and tools to its clients. Thanks to its unique research capabilities and the skills of 5,000 team members and market experts based in 37 countries, Amundi provides retail, institutional and corporate clients with innovative investment strategies and solutions tailored to their needs, targeted outcomes and risk profiles.

Amundi. Confidence must be earned.

Visit amundi.com for more information or to find an Amundi office near you.

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Nasdaq is a global technology company serving the capital markets and other industries. Its data, analytics, software and services offerings enable clients to optimise and execute their business visions with confidence. Nasdaq is the world’s largest capital markets infrastructure technology provider, powering one in 10 of the world’s securities transactions globally. Nasdaq's market technology powers more than 250 market infrastructure organisations and market participants – including broker-dealers, exchanges, clearing houses, central securities depositories and regulators – in over 50 countries with end-to-end mission-critical technology solutions. 

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BNP Paribas Securities Services is a multi-asset servicing specialist with local expertise in 35 markets around the world and a global reach covering 90+ markets. This extensive network enables us to provide our institutional investor clients with the connectivity and local knowledge they need to navigate change in a fast-moving world.

As of 31 December 2020, BNP Paribas Securities Services had USD 13.413 trillion in assets under custody, USD 3.248 trillion in assets under administration and 10,729 funds administered.

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Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited ("BOCHK") is a leading listed commercial banking group (Stock Code: 2388) and one of the three note-issuing banks in Hong Kong. BOCHK celebrated its 100th Anniversary for serving Hong Kong in 2017. BOCHK offers a comprehensive range of financial products and advisory services to central banks, supranational institutions, sovereign funds, financial institutions, corporate and personal clients. With its distinct market position, BOCHK has been enjoying favorable credit ratings and stable outlook by international rating agencies. BOCHK is named the Bank of the Year in Hong Kong by The Banker in 2013, 2015, 2017 & 2021. It is also nominated as the Strongest Bank in Asia Pacific and Hong Kong by The Asian Banker for 6 years (2014-18, 2020), in recognition of its solid financial performance and ability to continuously increase profitability. BOCHK is the sole RMB Clearing Bank in Hong Kong appointed by the People's Bank of China since 2003, the first overseas CIPS Direct Participant since June 2016, and the largest RMB Clearing Bank in terms of settlement volumes and values ‐ handling more than 70% worldwide cross-border RMB payments and support for a daily clearing value up to CNY1.5 trillion. Leveraging its professional expertise, comprehensive RMB product mix, and close tie with the parent bank, Bank of China, in the Mainland, BOCHK strives to become the best choice for all RMB needs of its customers. To implement the overseas development strategy of Bank of China Group, BOCHK branches and subsidiaries have been extended to Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei and Myanmar during 2017-20, with the provision of professional and high-quality financial services. Firmly rooted in Hong Kong since 1917, BOCHK is expediting its development into a top-class, full-service and internationalized regional bank.

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At Investec we believe that every client is unique, and we pride ourselves on providing a personalised service. With us, you won't be just a number, but a name that we know and understand.
Our fresh perspective is rooted in experience and expertise, allowing us to provide you with the best possible solutions.
Our dedicated team are looking forward to seeing you at this year’s BrokerExpo to show you how we can simplify the complexities of insurance premium finance and help you to service your clients with ease. 

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Eurex is the leading European derivatives exchange and – with Eurex Clearing – one of the leading central counterparties globally. Being architects of trusted markets characterised by market liquidity, efficiency and integrity, Eurex provides its customers with innovative solutions to seamlessly manage risk. 

On the trading side, Eurex masterminds the most efficient derivatives landscape by pioneering ingenious products and infrastructures, as well as by building ‘smart’ into technology. Eurex is the centre of European equity and equity index markets, offering a global product range, operating the most liquid fixed income markets in Europe and featuring open and low-cost electronic access. 

As central counterparty, Eurex Clearing builds trusted relationships with and among market participants, enabling effective risk management and delivering high efficiencies to clients.

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ACI Worldwide delivers the software and solutions that power the global economy. ACI's mission-critical real-time payment solutions enable corporations to process and manage digital payments, power omni-commerce payments, present and process bill payments, and manage fraud and risk. In short, ACI is driving the digital transformation of banks, merchants and billers to help them meet the real-time payment needs of their consumers and business customers. https://www.aciworldwide.com/

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Vizor is a global technology provider that is trusted by financial regulators and tax authorities across the globe. Operating in over 30 jurisdictions, Vizor specializes in providing supervisory data collection solutions (SupTech), for central banks and financial regulators, helping them to supervise and provide effective oversight with high-quality data. With more than 20 years of industry experience and proven delivery methodology, Vizor has been consistently selected through competitive public procurement by regulators such as Bank of England, Bank of Ghana, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Saudi Central Bank. In 2021, Vizor joined forces with BearingPointRegTech creating combined company Regnology.

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Waymark Tech is a London based Reg-Tech firm that develops and supplies software services for companies in highly regulated industries and Professional Services firms with clients facing increasingly complex regulatory demands.
 
Waymark's award-winning service utilises Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to continually monitor and analyse regulatory changes, alerting firms to new regulations, or changes to regulations, and making recommendations to ensure compliance.

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HSBC is a financial services organisation that serves more than 40 million customers, ranging from individual savers and investors to some of the world’s biggest companies and governments. Its network covers 64 countries and territories, and its expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives open up a world of opportunity for its customers. HSBC is listed on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges.

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Soramitsu is a blockchain technology company based in Japan. We are focusing on products for financial markets based on the Hyperledger Iroha blockchain platform. Two main product streams are digital asset management including innovative payment solutions and a digital identity platform that supports transparent and secure exchange of information according to the KYC and data privacy requirements. The company was established in 2016 and currently employs more than 50 people in Japan, Switzerland, Russia and Cambodia. Besides working with clients, Soramitsu is also a service provider for D3Ledger, a decentralized depository platform for institutional investors and Sora, a new decentralized world economic system.    

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BlackRock’s Official Institutions Group (“OIG”) partners with central banks, sovereign wealth funds, finance ministries, future generation funds and multi-lateral organizations, offering the full range of customized solutions and global investment management, risk management and advisory services.

 

Our clients can take advantage of BlackRock’s broad global investment platform and expertise across a robust set of asset classes spanning the full risk spectrum. We are aware of the unique set of requirements facing official institutions and can tailor an investment strategy within a given mandate to reflect the specific constraints and needs of our clients. As a fiduciary, we share the same objectives and challenges as our clients. By partnering with them and leveraging the experience of BlackRock investment professionals as well as Aladdin, our end-to-end operating system for investment management, we believe we can generate long-term solutions that allow us to achieve our client’s goals. BlackRock has provided investment solutions to official institutions worldwide since 1992 and manages $537 billion on behalf of these institutions as of 30 September 2022. 

 

As of 31 December 2022: 

  • OIG manages c. $600 billion in assets under management, including self-reported iShares holdings, for 138 official institution clients worldwide (59 central banks, 27 sovereign wealth funds, 24 national pension funds, 28 multilateral development banks, ministries and agencies).
  • OIG provides risk management tools in the form of BlackRock’s Aladdin and eFront solutions to 21 official institution clients worldwide.
  • BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory ("FMA") team has completed 146 assignments for global official institution clients since 2013.

Dedicated team of seasoned OIG client relationship managers partner closely with BlackRock’s broader institutional client business to ensure holistic relationship coverage across headquarters and regional rep offices

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Over the past three years international research reports have identified AML360 as a leading vendor in AML software. The software is designed as an end-to-end risk and compliance management tool for both the private and public sectors. Leveraging machine learning, the hybrid RegTech / SupTech software captures data, analyses, measures and reports in a single action.


AML Supervisors can carry out National Risk Assessments, Sector and Thematic Risk Analysis, Business Entity Profiling, Case Management and Ongoing Reporting.Businesses use the software for client screening, risk profiling, transaction monitoring, conducting internal audits and management reporting.

www.aml360software.com

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T. Rowe Price is an asset management firm focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services that investors can rely on—now, and over the long term.

We provide a broad array of mutual funds, subadvisory services, and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries.

Our intellectual rigor helps us seek the best ideas for our clients, our integrity ensures that we always put their interests first, and our stability lets us stay focused on their goals as we pursue better investment outcomes.

As of March 31, 2019, T. Rowe Price has USD $1.13 trillion* in assets under management and serves clients in more than 16 countries worldwide.

* Firmwide AUM includes assets managed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and its investment advisory affiliates.

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Tracing our history to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. With over US$1.3 trillion in assets under management as of 31 March 2022, we serve as a trusted investment adviser to more than 2,400 institutional clients and mutual fund sponsors in over 60 countries. Our comprehensive investment capabilities are built on the strength of rigorous, proprietary research and span nearly all segments of the global capital markets, including equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and alternatives. Our commitment to investment excellence is evidenced by our significant presence and long-term track records in nearly all global securities markets.

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Calypso Technology, Inc. is a cloud-enabled provider of cross-asset front-to-back solutions and managed services for financial markets with over 40000 users in 60+ countries. Its award-winning software improves reliability, adaptability, and scalability across several verticals, including capital markets, investment management, central banking, clearing, treasury, liquidity, and collateral. Calypso is pioneering innovative technologies (native cloud technology, AI, Big data) that reimagine capital markets.

“Calypso” is a registered trademark of Calypso Technology, Inc. in the U.S., EU and other jurisdictions. Other parties’ trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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State Street Global Exchange helps our clients lower costs, manage risk, enhance performance and raise assets. We're addressing these challenges by helping our clients manage and make sense of data, transforming it into opportunities that help generate value and actionable insights. We offer solutions that help client business models evolve.

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KWA Analytics is a consultancy with a focus on and experience in implementing trading, risk and treasury management solutions. It is experienced in implementations, upgrades and solution architecture across a range of organisations, and has established itself as a trusted implementation consulting services provider.

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About Wolters Kluwer, Finance, Risk & Reporting 

Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk and Reporting (FRR) business is a market leader in the provision of integrated regulatory compliance and reporting solutions, supporting regulated financial institutions in meeting their obligations to external regulator and their own board of directors.

It is part of Wolters Kluwer N.V. (AEX: WKL), a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. Wolters Kluwer reported 2018 annual revenues of €4.3 billion. The company, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 19,000 people worldwide. For more information: www.wolterskluwerfs.com

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About Murex

Murex, a global leader in the capital markets, provides award-winning solutions in cross-asset trading, risk management and post-trade processing. For 35 years, Murex has provided enterprise-wide, cross-asset financial technology solutions to capital markets players. Its cross-function platform, MX.3, supports trading, treasury, risk and post-trade operations, enabling clients to better meet regulatory requirements, manage enterprise-wide risk and control IT costs. With more than 57,000 daily users more than 60 countries, Murex clients span the financial services industry, from banking and asset management to energy and commodities. Murex is an independent company with over 2,500 employees across 19 locations. Murex is committed to providing cutting-edge technology, superior customer service and unique product innovation. MX.3 is specifically designed and engineered to meet the multifaceted challenges of a transforming financial industry. To find out more, visit www.murex.com

 

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Polaris is owned by and supports the UK General insurance industry to digitally trade insurance more effectively.

imarket - Our commercial insurance solution, is used by over 2,000 brokers, to digitally trade 500,000 policies annually with eight of the UKs leading insurers.  

Standards – Provide a common language in data capture and messaging, enabling brokers to be able to compare insurance products effectively.

ProductWriter – is used by over 2/3 of the UK insurance market to rate and underwrite their digital business

Come and talk to us and see how we can support your digital trading ambitions.

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Societe Generale

Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth, aiming to be the trusted partner for its clients, committed to the positive transformations of society and the economy.

Active in the real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 147,000 members of staff in 67 countries and supports on a daily basis 31 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors around the world by offering a wide range of advisory services and tailored financial solutions. The Group is built on three complementary core businesses:

  • French Retail Banking, which encompasses the Societe Generale, Crédit du Nord and Boursorama brands. Each offers a full range of financial services with omnichannel products at the cutting edge of digital innovation;
  • International Retail Banking, Insurance and Financial Services to Corporates, with networks in Africa, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and specialised businesses that are leaders in their markets;
  • Global Banking and Investor Solutions, which offers recognised expertise, key international locations and integrated solutions.

Societe Generale is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (World and Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Euronext Vigeo (World, Europe and Eurozone), four of the STOXX ESG Leaders indices, and the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Index.

For more information, you can follow us on twitter @societegenerale or visit our website www.societegenerale.com

 

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Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. Founded in Chicago in 1889, Northern Trust has offices in the United States in 19 states and Washington, D.C., and 23 international locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of September 30, 2018, Northern Trust had assets under custody/administration of US$10.8 trillion, and assets under management of US$1.1 trillion. For more than 125 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader for exceptional service, financial expertise, integrity and innovation. Visit northerntrust.com or follow us on Twitter @NorthernTrust.

 

Northern Trust Corporation, Head Office: 50 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 U.S.A., incorporated with limited liability in the U.S. Global legal and regulatory information can be found at https://www.northerntrust.com/disclosures.

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FISは米国フロリダに本社を構える世界最大級の金融テクノロジー・サービス・プロバイダーです。

1968年創業以来、日本を含めた世界52か国で事業を展開しております。提供サービスは資本市場管理、リスク管理、バーゼル規制対応、財務管理などと多岐にわたり、お客様の多種多彩なニーズに合わせた総合的なソリューション提案が可能です。

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Barings is a US$304+ billion* global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs of our clients. We build lasting partnerships that leverage our distinctive expertise across traditional and alternative asset classes to deliver innovative solutions and exceptional service. A subsidiary of MassMutual, Barings maintains a strong global presence with over 650 investment professionals and offices in 16 countries.
*As of December 31, 2017

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LCP delivers independent and unbiased consultancy services. We help Sovereign Investors implement effective investment strategies focused on achieving their objectives while carefully managing risk.

Established in 1947, LCP is one of the largest independent, consulting partnerships in the world. At LCP, our specialist consultants provide clear, concise advice focused on your needs. LCP has developed proprietary innovative technology to deliver real-time insight and control, to enhance decision-making.

Our investment practice is complimented by significant business engagement across pensions, insurance, energy, and business analytics. With over 140 investment consultants, our Investment Consulting Team provides advice to global institutional clients. We currently advise over 350 investment clients with assets under investment advice in excess of $350bn.

As an independent consultancy, we are not associated with any asset manager, nor do we promote investment products, ensuring that our advice is free from any conflict of interest.

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Ortec Finance is the leading provider of technology and solutions for risk and return management. It is our purpose to enable people to manage the complexity of investment decisions. We do this through delivering leading technologies and solutions for investment decision making to financial institutions around the world.

Our stochastic economic and asset return scenarios, combined with a comprehensive ESG software package and extensive financial market guidance, enable risk managers and investors to manage the complexity of investment decision making. Leveraging on a one-of-a-kind frequency domain methodology, our scenarios stand out by time-varying risk and return with superior out-of-sample performance across multiple economies and asset classes.

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About Nikko Asset Management

With US$214 billion* under management, Nikko Asset Management is one of Asia’s largest asset managers, providing high-conviction, active fund management across a range of Equity, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset and Alternative strategies. In addition, its complementary range of passive strategies covers more than 20 indices and includes some of Asia’s largest exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Headquartered in Asia since 1959, the firm represents nearly 200** investment professionals and over 30 nationalities across 11 countries. More than 300 banks, brokers, financial advisors and life insurance companies around the world distribute the company’s products.

The investment teams benefit from a unique global perspective complemented by the firm's historic Asian DNA, striving to deliver consistent excellence in performance. The firm also prides itself on its progressive solution-driven approach, which has led to many innovative funds launched for its clients.

* Consolidated assets under management and sub-advisory of Nikko Asset Management and its subsidiaries as of 31 March 2019.

** As of 31 March 2019, including employees of Nikko Asset Management and its subsidiaries.

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Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, delivering trusted data, news, and insights that bring transparency, efficiency, and fairness to markets. The company helps connect influential communities across the global financial ecosystem via reliable technology solutions that enable our customers to make more informed decisions and foster better collaboration.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) Worldwide Public Sector helps government, education, and nonprofit customers deploy cloud services to reduce costs, drive efficiencies, and increase innovation across the globe. With AWS, you only pay for what you use, with no up-front physical infrastructure expenses or long-term commitments. Public Sector organizations of all sizes use AWS to build applications, host websites, harness big data, store information, conduct research, improve online access for citizens, and more. AWS has dedicated teams focused on helping our customers pave the way for innovation and, ultimately, make the world a better place through technology.

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Schroders is an independent global asset management company with over 210 years of investment heritage. Asset management is our business and our goals are completely aligned with those of our clients – the creation of long-term value.

We manage $650 billion on behalf of institutional and retail investors, financial institutions and high net worth clients from around the world, invested in a broad range of asset classes across equities, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives. We employ over 5,600 talented people worldwide operating from over 34 different countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia Middle East, and Africa. 

We manage over $38bn on behalf of Official Institutions and have a dedicated team to support these institutions.

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