SPARX Group Co. Ltd. at the Board of Directors resolved a proposal for appointment of directors to be submitted to the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company scheduled for June 7, 2017. Director to be Newly Appointed are Tadahiro Fujimura presently Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer, CIO at SPARX Asset Management Co. Ltd. and Kimikazu Noumi presently Advisor at J-Will Corporation Ltd, Outside Director at Wismettac Nishimoto HD Co. Ltd. and Konica Minolta Inc.
SPARX Group Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based holding company mainly engaged in the asset management business. The Company is engaged in the asset management business for clients, including corporate pension annuities, government entities, private and trust banks and public pension funds; the provision of investment advisory services; the operation of mutual fund business, which includes the provision of various mutual funds to financial institutions and individual investors directly or through brokerage houses, banks and other intermediaries in Japan, Europe and the United States, as well as the securities business, including the provision of advisory services for investors. Through its subsidiaries, the Company is also engaged in the research and operation of foreign stocks, including Japanese, Korean and other Asian stocks.