Active investment in areas subject to deregulation and institutional reform, and expansion of business areas
First written in FY2017. 4 of 8 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2018. Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Digital asset management business ・Acquisition and management of crypto assets, centered on bitcoin ・Entry into Web3.0-related businesses and promotion of alliances, including investments in Web3.0-related companies” Energy storage solutions business ・In addition to consulting on converting solar power plants operating under the FIT system to the FIP system, promotion of sales and ownership of solar power plants after conversion to FIP ・Promotion of sales and ownership of grid-scale battery storage systems」
The policy of expanding business areas has been developed into specific business groups involving crypto assets and Web3.0, conversion to FIP, and the acquisition, sale and ownership of grid-scale battery storage systems. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「・The Company’s participation in the Japan Digital Space Economy Federation, a general incorporated association (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; representative director: Kitao Yoshitaka (北尾吉孝)), to promote the development of Web3.0, and collaboration in promoting Web3.0, including the metaverse, and related businesses” ・Joint development of power sources using renewable energy, including wind, biomass, floating solar and small-scale hydropower” ・Collaboration in the nationwide rollout of the PPA business」
The explanation of the expansion of business areas now includes collaboration with the SBI Group on Web3.0 and the metaverse, joint development of renewable energy power sources, and the nationwide rollout of PPAs. - FY2021ReframedAnnual report
「From April 2021, the Group reviewed its reportable segments and classified them as energy, resilience, automotive, financial-related and other businesses.」
In addition to the former explanation concerning investment in areas subject to deregulation and legal reforms, the Group has shifted to describing its business areas in terms of new segments created by reorganizing electricity retailing and energy conservation and infectious-disease countermeasures. - FY2020ReframedAnnual report
「The company also views this as an opportunity to pursue new businesses, including cryptocurrency custody and STOs, short for Security Token Offerings, which are expected to provide new means of financing.」
The Group has shifted its focus from expanding the financial field, including entering the securities business, to new business opportunities related to crypto assets, such as crypto-asset custody and STOs. - FY2020-Q2ReframedAnnual report
「The Group decided, after comprehensively considering that BPJ’s continued provision on a one-stop basis of crypto-asset-related services, including crypto-asset margin trading and services involving electronically recorded transferable rights, would be optimal from the standpoint of user convenience, and that the president and representative director of Smart Financial had offered to acquire all of the shares in the company held by the Group through an MBO, that taking Smart Financial outside the Group through the MBO would help optimize the allocation of the Group’s management resources and enhance corporate value.」
The Group changed its policy from expanding financial services, including entering the securities business in areas subject to deregulation and institutional reform, to taking the securities business outside the Group and concentrating management resources on crypto-asset-related services. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「In January 2019, the company established Smart Financial Co., Ltd. for the purpose of conducting Type I Financial Instruments Business and sought to expand financial-related services across the group.」
Within a portfolio of five business areas including financial and travel businesses, the Group established a subsidiary to enter the securities business and expanded its financial services offering. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Among its five business areas, energy-related, automotive-related, financial-related, travel-related and other businesses, the Group made particularly active investments in the financial-related business and expanded its scale substantially.」
The Group operated a portfolio of five business areas, including its existing energy and automotive businesses as well as financial, travel and other businesses, and particularly expanded the financial business. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, in addition to its existing energy-related and automotive-related businesses, the Group launched new financial-related and travel-related businesses to promote corporate growth and enhance corporate value by actively investing and developing businesses in areas undergoing deregulation and institutional reform.」
In addition to its existing energy and automotive businesses, the Group launched financial and travel businesses through investment and business development in areas subject to deregulation and institutional reform.