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by investing in the global financial sector, and it has since broadened its expertise to global credit and equity, offering a diversified and unconstrained strategy. Algebris has opened its Tokyo office in May 2018 in order to focus distribution efforts in Japan. It has started consultation with the FSA in Oct 2018 and registered for “Investment Advisory and Agency Business” and “Investment Management Business” on March 29, 2019. Algebris is expanding its business by utilizing one of the subsidies of Tokyo, "Subsidy to Support Base of Operations of Overseas Financial Corporations". Message to Foreign Companies The support from TMG is a real opportunity to soften the hurdles to launch a business in Japan. TMG’s help was extremely useful through its advices and support in terms of market analysis, preliminary costs analysis and business plan and most important introduction to FSA. Asset managers need to process their business registration and several licenses may apply depending on the type of financial instruments they manage. Japan values good professionals with long term commitment to the country. This fits perfectly our values. Long term commitment to Japan is key to secure long term and strategic partnerships. assets, private equity and liquid strategies. Tikehau Capital established a sales office in Tokyo to enhance the sales activities to Japanese institutional investors. Tikehau incorporated the Japanese entity in Tokyo on March 27, 2019, started communication with the LFB for the business licensing from August 2019, and completed the business registration for “Type II Financial Instruments Business” and “Investment Advisory and Agency Business” on December 5, 2019. Tikehau succeeded in the completion of registration in a short period of time by utilizing TMG’s Financial One-Stop Support Service. Message to Foreign Companies We were very impressed by the efficient and strong support we received from the local authorities, in particular from TMG, whose team has been extremely diligent. TMG’s comprehensive service, provided valuable assistance to us in establishing an office in Tokyo, supporting our office registration and license application. A key to success in Tokyo is understanding local regulation. Our initial response to the Japanese regulation was to learn and understand it through the assistance of our local partners and advisors such as TMG support desk. We are convinced by the high potential of the Japanese market, not only from a fundraising standpoint, but also from an investing perspective given its numerous opportunities. Case 1. Algebris Investments K.K. Algebris is a global asset manager embracing long-only and alternative investment strategies. Algebris began Case 2. Tikehau Investment Management Japan K.K. Tikehau Capital is a pan-European alternative asset manager and investor specialized in private debt, real Davide Serra CEO & Founder Bruno de Pampelonne Chairman, Head of Asia TMG’s Support cases 17

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