“Qualified Institutional Investors,” who are persons having expert knowledge of and experience with investment in Securities, include the following (Article 2(3)(i) of the FIEA; Article 10(1) of the Definition Ordinance): -
Financial Instruments Business Operators (limited to those that conduct Securities-Related Business or Investment
Management Business)
- Investment corporations
- Foreign investment corporations
- Banks
- Insurance companies
- Foreign insurance companies, etc.
- Shinkin banks
- Federations of Shinkin banks
- Labor banks
- Federations of labor banks
- Norinchukin Bank
- Shoko Chukin Bank
- Credit cooperatives*
- Federations of credit cooperatives*
