The SBI Group, established in 1999 as a pioneer of Internet-based financial services in Japan, has formed the world’s first Internet-based financial ecosystem,providing financial services in a broad range of fields including securities, banking and insurance by 2016. In addition to the Financial Services Business, the Group operates the Asset Management Business,whose prime focus is the investment in and incubation of venture companies,which are activities undertaken since the Group’s founding, and the provision of asset management-related services, along with the Biotechnology-related Business, which engages globally in the R&D, manufacturing and sales of products developed in the pharmaceutical, health food and cosmetic fields. The SBI Group has been promoting initiatives to shift to a new paradigm, in order to achieve sustainable growth.
