Prudential Financial, Inc.

AC's investment process utilizes quantitative methods that focus on identifying and incorporating investment signals into their proprietary return, risk and transaction cost models. Their investment approach involves creating and investing in diversified equity portfolios. They utilize a structured investment process that attempts to add value relative to a client specific benchmark. This involves identifying opportunities across companies, sectors and countries by evaluating a diverse set of fundamental and market-based predictive factors. Portfolios are constructed through the use of a mean variance optimizer and proprietary risk and transaction cost models. Depending on the client's mandate, AC offers advice on forward foreign currency contracts, options on foreign currency, futures, interest rates, currency, equity swap transactions, REITs and repurchase agreements. They also effect transactions in derivatives.

NAM is an active manager which generally invests client assets in Japanese equity securities through a bottom-up approach based on research and analysis by analysts and valuations that aims to create portfolios that the firm believes will outperform the Japanese equity market (TOPIX). The firm employs the following investment strategies: Equity, Fixed Income and Multi-Asset. NAM adopt a team-oriented investment approach for their equity strategy whereby portfolio managers and analysts can exchange opinions and have sufficient in-depth discussions about investment opportunities in order to capture superior medium- to long-term investment return. The firm offers a broad range of fixed-income products with a wide variety of investment targets and strategies such as Japanese government bonds, credits, futures, and foreign fixed-income bonds with currency hedges. As a solution for weathering the risk of the low interest rate in Japan as well as the risk of interest rate hike going forward, they also offer absolute return strategies. NAM also offers multi-asset products which seek absolute return, developed by using Nippon Life's expertise in managing life insurance general account portfolio which pursues long-term stable guaranteed yield plus alpha returns.

Meiji Yasuda-AM is an active, growth-oriented, team-based investment manager which performs global fundamental analysis. They aim for portfolio appreciation through in-depth company analysis and research on a global basis, focusing on international stocks.The firm targets companies with strong earnings growth momentum and experienced management. They are a long-term investor which outsouces research from external specialists such as the Allianz Dresdner Asset Management Group.