IFA Industry-Specific Media "IFA Job Change Column" Renewed | Original Information Content Utilizing Proprietary Survey of Current IFAs Published, Supervised by Representative Hayato Matsuoka

Adviser Navi Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hayato Matsuoka; hereinafter referred to as Adviser Navi) has renewed its IFA industry-specialized information media "IFA Job Change Column" (URL: https://ifa-job.com/column/). This renewal aims to improve user convenience and enhance the reliability of information. As part of this renewal, primary information content utilizing our proprietary survey "Electronic Version - 2025 Current IFA Survey Results" has been published, and the articles are now supervised by our Representative Director, Hayato Matsuoka.

### Our Efforts to Date – Support Achievements in the IFA Industry

Adviser Navi Co., Ltd. has provided multifaceted support to the IFA industry through services such as "IFA Job Change," a recruitment support service for financial advisors, "Asset Management Navi," a matching service connecting IFA firms with investors, and an IFA consulting business. In particular, we have conducted numerous career consultations, primarily for those wishing to transition from securities firms, and have focused on expanding career options for IFAs. We believe that the purpose of this media is to widely deliver the knowledge accumulated through our business operations, such as "the reality of IFAs," "points of career choice," and "characteristics of each IFA firm," to those aspiring to become IFAs and current IFAs.

### Significance of Strengthening Information Dissemination in the IFA Sector

**1. Importance of Primary Information**

Compared to traditional financial institutions like securities firms and banks, public information in the IFA industry is limited, making it difficult for those considering career choices to access "information close to reality." We conduct our proprietary survey, "Electronic Version - 2025 Current IFA Survey Results," targeting current IFAs, to obtain real data on annual income, work styles, reasons for changing jobs, and satisfaction levels. With this renewal, we will produce articles utilizing this primary information, contributing to the improvement of search information accuracy.

**2. Strengthening the Supervision System**

An IFA career often involves transitioning from a securities firm or bank, making the "insights of practitioners familiar with the industry" indispensable for decision-making. Our Representative Director, Hayato Matsuoka, after engaging in business succession and M&A operations at Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., co-founded our company in 2019 and has conducted over 2,000 career consultations in four years. In this renewal, Mr. Matsuoka will supervise the articles, further enhancing the expertise and reliability of the content.

### Current State of the Industry

In the IFA industry, the number of registered financial instrument intermediaries continues to increase, and there is an active influx of talent from financial institutions such as securities firms and banks. However, information sources for comparing the characteristics, revenue structures, and work styles of individual IFA firms remain limited, and those considering career choices often struggle to gather information. "IFA Job Change Column" has expanded its content to provide reliable information, based on primary sources, that IFAs and aspiring IFAs need, leveraging our experience in IFA recruitment support and investor matching businesses.

### ■ Main Renewal Contents

**1. Launched as an IFA industry-specialized recruitment site and media**

Information regarding IFA career support, which our company has operated, has been reorganized into an independent media specializing in the IFA industry. It is structured to allow unified access to all information related to IFA careers, from explanations of the IFA work style itself to annual income, side jobs, how to choose a recruitment agent, and the characteristics of each IFA firm.

**2. Published articles utilizing proprietary survey "Electronic Version - 2025 Current IFA Survey Results"**

Articles based on the results of our proprietary survey targeting current IFAs have been published. Representative articles include:

* **How to become an IFA (IFA Job Change)**

This explains the reality of the IFA profession, necessary skills,転職 (job change) process, and annual income, based on survey results from current IFAs.

**3. Article supervision by Representative Hayato Matsuoka**

Our Representative Director, Hayato Matsuoka, supervises the published articles. Mr. Matsuoka, after corporate sales and business succession operations at Nomura Securities, co-founded Adviser Navi in 2019. He specializes in recruitment support for IFAs, M&A, and major securities/foreign private banks, and has conducted over 2,000 career consultations to date. He also has media achievements, including features in the Nikkei newspaper and book interviews, and will supervise content utilizing his expertise as an industry practitioner.

Supervisor profile: https://adviser-navi.co.jp/membe