Banks are actively investing in companies that aim to rebuild their businesses or take over their businesses, thereby supporting their revitalization.
Attention is focused on whether the full-scale entry of banks into the investment business will lead to the revitalization of regional economies and promotion of metabolism.
In principle, banks are prohibited from investing more than 5% in companies, including their subsidiaries. has been eased, making it easier to invest in the form of holding the majority of shares.
Under these circumstances, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation decided to invest in a company that processes and sells bankrupt eggs in May to acquire a majority of the shares and support its revitalization.
The bank subsidiary intends to expand such investments to around 200 billion yen over the next few years, and after increasing its involvement in management and increasing the corporate value of investees, it will turn profits from the sale of shares into new sources of income. I want to.
The president of "SMBC Capital Partners", Kiyoshi Tatsumi, said, "There are still not enough money providers to solve the social issues of business succession and revitalization. I would like to actively engage in this kind of business."
In the banking industry, the Resona Bank and Hiroshima Bank groups are also making similar efforts, and attention is focused on whether full-scale entry into the investment business by banks will lead to economic revitalization and promotion of metabolism.