NIKKO ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS, INC.

The advisory business provides advisory services to various clients, including commodity trading advisors, broker-dealers, investment companies or funds, other investment advisors, banking or thrift institutions. The advisory business has a code of ethics and participates in client transactions and personal trading. It also has brokerage practices, including broker-dealer selection and best execution, and soft dollars. The advisory business uses fundamental bottom-up analysis to uncover and respond to investment opportunities quickly. The investment teams and research analysts have an integral relationship that adds value to the investment process. The advisory business provides investment review reports that may include performance overview, financial market review, summary of investment activity, details of largest transactions undertaken during the reporting period, summary of portfolio characteristics at the end of the reporting period, commentary on the top positive/negative contributors to performance, performance attribution, market outlook, investment policies, overview of relevant stewardship activities, including proxy voting results for the reporting period, and ESG reporting including ESG and carbon metrics, where appropriate.

The document describes various investment strategies offered by Nikko AM Group, including active strategies and passive strategies. Active strategies involve actively managing investments to outperform a benchmark or index, while passive strategies aim to track a specific benchmark or index. Active strategies include Japanese assets, international assets, equities, fixed income, and alternatives. Passive strategies include global equity, global bonds, Asia REIT, and TSE REIT. The document also mentions sub-advised strategies such as MSCI ACWI (ex Japan) Value, Voya ncome, e Covene Bond, and TS Rt WS Emerging Markets Fixed Income.

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