Proposal of Investment Funds Tailored to Customer Needs, Including SDG-Related Funds

「For investment trusts, we continued to make proposals tailored to customer needs, including “Ichiyoshi Global Equity Fund” (nickname: “Ichibanboshi”), “BlackRock Global High Dividend Equity Open” (nickname: “Breath of the World”), and “Ichiyoshi Japan High Dividend Equity & J-REIT Fund” (nickname: “Ashitaba”).」

「For investment trusts excluding wrap accounts, the company continued working to provide proposals tailored to customer needs, including the Ichiyoshi Global Equity Fund (nickname: Ichibanboshi), Ichiyoshi Japan High Dividend Stock & J-REIT Fund (nickname: Ashitaba), and BlackRock World High Dividend Stock Open (nickname: Sekai no Ibuki). Investment trust assets stood at ¥864.6 billion at the end of the period, up 13.4% from the end of the previous fiscal year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wrap accounts, the company continued working to provide proposals tailored to customer needs, including the BlackRock World High Dividend Stock Open (nickname: Sekai no Ibuki), Ichiyoshi Global Equity Fund (nickname: Ichibanboshi), and Ichiyoshi Japan High Dividend Stock & J-REIT Fund (nickname: Ashitaba). Investment trust assets stood at ¥839.6 billion at the end of the period, up 6.9% from the end of the same period of the previous year.」

「The Ichiyoshi Global High Dividend Strategy Fund (nickname: Mizunara), introduced last June as a new distribution-type product meeting customer demand and a no-load fund (with no purchase fee) following Ichibanboshi, has also continued to contribute to the growth of investment trust assets under custody. Investment trust assets stood at ¥762.3 billion at the end of the period, down 4.3% from the end of the previous fiscal year.」

「The Ichiyoshi Global High Dividend Strategy Fund (nickname: Mizunara), a new no-load fund following Ichibanboshi and a new distribution-type product introduced in June this year in response to customer demand, also made a significant contribution to the growth in investment trust assets under custody. Investment trust assets totaled ¥785.3 billion at the end of the current fiscal year, up 7.1% year on year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, we worked to make proposals tailored to customer needs, including the Ichiyoshi Global Equity Fund (nickname: Ichibanboshi), BlackRock World High Dividend Equity Open (nickname: Sekai no Ibuki) and Ichiyoshi Japan High Dividend Equity & J-REIT Fund (nickname: Ashitaba (あしたば)). The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥796.2 billion, up 11.9% from the end of the previous fiscal year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, we worked to make proposals tailored to customer needs, including the Ichiyoshi Global Equity Fund (nickname: Ichibanboshi), BlackRock World High Dividend Equity Open (nickname: Sekai no Ibuki) and Ichiyoshi Japan High Dividend Equity & J-REIT Fund (nickname: Ashitaba (あしたば)). The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥749.9 billion, up 6.8% year on year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, we worked to make proposals tailored to customer needs, including the Ichiyoshi Global Equity Fund (nickname: Ichibanboshi), BlackRock World High Dividend Equity Open (nickname: Sekai no Ibuki) and Ichiyoshi Japan High Dividend Equity & J-REIT Fund (nickname: Ashitaba (あしたば)). The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥733.1 billion, up 1.2% year on year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, we worked to make proposals tailored to customer needs, including the Pictet Global Income Equity Fund, Ichiyoshi Japan High Dividend Equity & J-REIT Fund (nickname: Ashitaba (あしたば)), Ichiyoshi Global Equity Fund (nickname: Ichibanboshi) and Ichiyoshi Small and Mid Cap Growth Fund (nickname: Asunaro). The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥711.4 billion, down 8.5% from the end of the previous fiscal year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, we worked to make proposals tailored to customer needs, including the Pictet Global Income Equity Fund, Ichiyoshi Japan High Dividend Equity & J-REIT Fund (nickname: Ashitaba (あしたば)), Ichiyoshi Global Equity Fund (nickname: Ichibanboshi) and Ichiyoshi Small and Mid Cap Growth Fund (nickname: Asunaro). The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥702.1 billion, down 12.1% year on year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, we worked to make proposals tailored to customer needs, including the Pictet Global Income Equity Fund, Ichiyoshi Small and Mid Cap Growth Fund (nickname: Asunaro), Ichiyoshi Japan High Dividend Equity & J-REIT Fund (nickname: Ashitaba (あしたば)), and the no-load Ichiyoshi Global Equity Fund (nickname: Ichibanboshi), which began operations on 30 June this year. The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥724.2 billion, down 8.3% year on year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, we worked to make proposals tailored to customer needs, including funds investing in global utility stocks, funds investing in equities and J-REITs with high expected dividend or distribution yields, and funds investing in global value equities and global small- and mid-cap equities. The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥739.5 billion, down 6.1% year on year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, proposals tailored to customer needs, including domestic and overseas small- and mid-cap equity funds, funds investing in US growth stocks and global utility stocks, making use of the Group's strengths in research and investment management, as well as recently popular SDGs-related funds, contributed to growth in assets under custody. The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥777.1 billion, up 1.4% from the end of the previous fiscal year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, proposals tailored to customer needs, including funds investing in US growth stocks, domestic and overseas small- and mid-cap equities and recently popular SDGs-related funds, contributed to growth in assets under custody. The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥798.7 billion, up 9.5% from the end of the previous fiscal year.」

「For investment trusts excluding wraps, proposals tailored to customer needs, including domestic and overseas small- and mid-cap equity funds, funds investing in high-dividend-yield stocks and recently popular SDGs-related funds, contributed to growth in assets under custody. The balance at the end of the current fiscal year was ¥789.7 billion, up 12.6% year on year.」

「For investment trusts, proposals tailored to customer needs, centered on the Ichiyoshi Small and Mid Cap Growth Fund (nickname: Asunaro), which marked its fifth anniversary since inception in June this year, as well as funds investing in small- and mid-cap stocks judged to have strong medium- to long-term investment appeal, funds investing in US equities expected to deliver strong long-term earnings growth, and recently popular SDGs-related funds, contributed to growth in assets under custody in investment trusts.」

「For investment trusts, we have made proposals carefully tailored to customers' diverse needs, including SDGs-related funds that have attracted considerable attention, funds investing in global high-dividend-yield stocks, funds investing in Japanese equities expected to achieve medium- to long-term growth, funds investing in REITs (real estate investment trusts), and privately placed investment trusts for regional financial institutions.」

「For investment trusts, we have continued to make proposals tailored to customer needs, including highly popular ESG-related funds, funds investing in domestic equities expected to achieve medium- to long-term growth, funds investing in high-dividend-yielding stocks worldwide, and private investment trusts for regional financial institutions.」