Achieving Triple Crown at 'Bloomberg Businessweek Hedge Fund Awards'

Bayview Asset Management Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Ken Yagi, hereinafter 'our company') announces that the 'VTeam Siegfried Supply Chain Finance Fund' (Cayman-domiciled), which employs a similar strategy to our 'Global Supply Chain Fund (Nickname: Kenja no Sekkei)' (hereinafter 'Kenja no Sekkei'), has won the 'Best Performer Award' at the 'Bloomberg Businessweek Hedge Fund Awards 2025' hosted by Bloomberg. The fund achieved the best performance in three categories simultaneously: Hedge Fund (Over USD 500 Million), Fixed Income Hedge Fund, and Credit Hedge Fund. This award is extracted and selected based on Bloomberg's proprietary criteria from among hedge funds that register their performance data with Bloomberg's Hong Kong office. The fund previously won this award in 2022 and 2024 (the event was not held in 2023), making this its third consecutive win. In the past two instances, it won in a single category: 'Emerging Hedge Fund' in 2022 and 'Hedge Fund (Over USD 500 Million)' in 2024. The simultaneous receipt of these three awards this time proves the achievements of the supply chain finance strategy that Siegfried Capital has consistently pursued. The core of this strategy is to invest in accounts receivable against investment-grade companies and generate stable returns with low correlation to the market through strict credit management. The award-winning investment strategy and 'Kenja no Sekkei' adopt practically the same portfolio construction methodology. We are offering Japanese individual investors the investment quality highly evaluated by Bloomberg, one of the world's leading financial information media, through 'Bayview Toushin'. - 'Kenja no Sekkei' Product Page https://bayview-toushin.jp/global-supply-chain-fund - Bloomberg Businessweek Hedge Fund Awards 2025 https://www.bbwhkevent.com/hf2025 *Financial products may incur a loss of principal. In addition, fees and other expenses will be charged upon purchase. For details on fees and risks associated with this fund, please check the following link: https://bayview-toushin.jp/global-supply-chain-fund#risk-cost ■ About Bayview Asset Management: Japan's Leading Independent Multi-Boutique Asset Management Company Founded in 1998, we are one of the largest independent asset management companies in Japan, with financial institutions and pension funds as our main clients, and over 1.3 trillion yen in contracted assets under management. 'Independent' means we have no influential external shareholders, ensuring management independence that allows us to provide investment services 100% oriented toward investors. While rare in Japan, this is a major presence in the overseas asset management industry, especially in the US. Furthermore, our company is a multi-boutique asset management company focusing on equities, fixed income, and private assets. Differentiating ourselves from 'department store-type' firms that handle a wide and massive variety of products, we provide unique investment services by specializing in high-quality products as a 'boutique-type' firm. Additionally, we continuously obtain Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification to build an information security management system of international standards, and also conduct internal control audits (Practical Guideline 3402, formerly No. 86) to provide investment services under a structure with thorough objectivity, transparency, and compliance. In April 2025, our company fully launched 'Bayview Toushin', an online direct sales service of our own mutual funds for individual investors. Company Name: Bayview Asset Management Co., Ltd. Representative: Ken Yagi, President & CEO Location: Bancho House, 29-1 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Date of Establishment: January 7, 1998 Business Details: Investment management business (management of investment trusts and discretionary investment), investment advisory and agency business, Type II financial instruments business Number of Employees: 78 (as of April 1, 2026)