Bayview Toushin Marks One Year Since Full Launch; 'The Wise Design' Fund Reaches 5 Billion Yen in Net Assets

Bayview Asset Management Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Ken Yagi, hereinafter 'the Company') is pleased to announce that its online direct sales service for individual investors, 'Bayview Toushin,' has marked its first anniversary since its full launch in April 2025. The total net asset value of the service's first product, the 'Global Supply Chain Fund (nickname: The Wise Design)' (with/without currency hedge), reached a total of 5.2 billion yen as of the end of April 2026. The Company's ambition to deliver the investment expertise it has cultivated with institutional investors over its 28-year history to individual investors is steadily taking shape. Since the service launch, awareness has spread to a wide range of individual investors through dialogue projects with several prominent investment influencers, as well as features and appearances in various media such as the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and BS TV Tokyo's 'Money no Manabi.' Furthermore, in March 2026, a fund managed with a strategy similar to the 'investment target fund' mentioned below won the Best Performer award in three categories at the Bloomberg Businessweek Hedge Fund Awards 2025, marking a year in which our strategy received high praise both domestically and internationally. The Company will continue to strive to provide unique, high-quality investment products to individual investors. ■ What is the 'Global Supply Chain Fund (nickname: The Wise Design)'? The 'Global Supply Chain Fund (nickname: The Wise Design)' invests in trade receivables arising from trade transactions between world-class blue-chip importing companies and small to medium-sized exporting companies in Asia, through the Siegfried Global Trade Finance Fund SPII (the investment target fund). As a cutting-edge investment strategy focused on the international trade that supports our daily lives, it aims for low-risk, attractive performance. It is a public fund that offers a new option for individual investors as a substitute for deposits, an inflation hedge, or for diversification. * The 'no currency hedge' course carries foreign exchange risk. * Investment trusts are different from deposits and are not protected by the Deposit Insurance Corporation. * Financial products may result in a loss of principal. * Fees and other expenses are incurred upon purchase. * For details on risks and costs, please check the following link: https://bayview-toushin.jp/global-supply-chain-fund#risk-cost ■ About Bayview Asset Management: One of Japan's Leading Independent Multi-Boutique Asset Management Firms Founded in 1998, it is one of Japan's largest independent asset management firms, with over 1.4 trillion yen in assets under contract, primarily serving financial institutions and pension funds. 'Independent' means having no influential external shareholders, which ensures management independence and allows the provision of investment services that are 100% focused on investors. While rare in Japan, this is a major presence in the asset management industry overseas, particularly in the United States. The Company is also a multi-boutique asset management firm in the fields of equities, bonds, and private assets. It sets itself apart from the 'department store' model that handles a wide variety of products in large volumes, instead operating as a 'boutique' that specializes in high-quality products to provide unique investment services. Furthermore, it maintains its Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification, has established an information security management system compliant with international standards, and also undergoes internal control audits (Practice Guideline 3402, formerly No. 86) to provide investment services under a system that ensures objectivity, transparency, and thorough compliance. It has also been hiring new graduates for the past 16 years, a rarity for an independent asset management firm, aiming to build a solid investment platform. The Company fully launched its online direct sales service for its own investment trusts, 'Bayview Toushin,' for individual investors on April 22, 2025. Company Name: Bayview Asset Management Co., Ltd. Representative: Ken Yagi, President & CEO Location: Bancho House, 29-1 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Established: January 7, 1998 Business: Investment Management (management of investment trusts and discretionary investment accounts), Investment Advisory and Agency, Type II Financial Instruments Business Number of Employees: 78 (as of April 1, 2026) Assets Under Contract: 1,421.9 billion yen* (as of March 2026) *Foreign currency assets are valued at 1 USD = 159 JPY. Includes the balance of domestic public investment trusts managed by our overseas partners.