This health supplements and cosmetics planning and sales company was established in 1999 with a goal to provide dietary supplements and cosmetics that give customers a true feeling of authenticity. Placenta 100, a placenta supplement with a 63% share of the market, has been on the best seller list of a major television shopping channel for 15 straight years.

FGI has provided investment as a business continuity sponsor of the entrepreneur who set up R&Y. Meanwhile, FGI Group member FinTech Asset Management is involved in various support activities, including efforts to expand sales of key products in Japan and to promote overseas market development, especially in Asia, as well as guidance to improve operations, which are designed to achieve enhanced corporate value.

• The R&Y Corporation website is www.r-and-y.co.jp
  (Japanese only)

Since its establishment, Yoko Toshi Kaihatsu has developed and provided condominiums for investment purposes to meet the asset-formation needs of its customers. Currently, the company is shifting its business emphasis from property sales to property management in a process of business restructuring.

FGI has taken an equity stake as a limited partner in an investment business limited liability partnership contributing funds to this company.

Our subsidiary, FinTech Global Securities Inc.(FGS), also offers financial advisory(FA) service to assist in the business restructuring effort. FGS introduced Yoko to Shanghai Tokui Business Development Limited(Tokui Group), a business contact of our local corporation, FinTech Global (Shanghai) Incorporated, and has undertaken FA service for allocation of new shares to a third party, Tokui group.(All call-up for capital increase has executed.)

• The Yoko Toshi Kaihatsu website is www.yoko.co.jp
  (Japanese only)

This civil engineering and construction company, located on the shores of Lake Suwa, in Nagano Prefecture, has established deep roots in its community over a 50-year corporate history. The company’s civil engineering division focuses on public works and also investigates cases of soil contamination and executes remedial procedures; and its construction division undertakes construction of new commercial buildings and also pursues new businesses, including construction of homes and cottages, style-update renovations and effective utilization of land.

FGI entered into a sponsorship agreement with Shibusaki in 2010 and has provided management support through financial arrangements and strategic financial advice.

• The Shibusaki website is www.shibusaki.co.jp
  (Japanese only).

This company is involved in condominium development and sales, primarily in regional satellite cities in the six prefectures of Tohoku, in northeastern Japan. The company filed a petition for civil rehabilitation proceedings in September 2011.

FGI is supporting the company’s efforts to rebuild its operations.

• The Suncity website is www.suncity.co.jp/company
  (Japanese only).

The business pursuits of Shinei Realty Development include effective utilization of real estate and property development, investment, and management, mergers and acquisitions, and securitization. The company uses its specialist skills and extensive experience and know-how to provide optimum solutions to real estate opportunities.

In 2009, as a wholly owned FGI subsidiary, the company received management support from FGI, and when the company got back on track, shares were transferred to the executive team in a management buyout. FGI still retains some equity in the company, lends directors to strengthen management capabilities and maintains an alliance relationship on both operating and administrative fronts.

• The Shinei Realty Development website is
  www.shinei-rd.com (Japanese only).

Logicom provides general real estate rental services for businesses, with a focus on subleasing operations. Concentrated in the region from the western part of Tokyo to the southern part of Saitama Prefecture. Since its establishment, the company has been involved in more than 200 development projects and has acquired a solid position as a leading company in its geographical domain.

FGI formed an alliance with Logicom in 2009 to strengthen its real estate business and took an equity stake as a limited partner through an investment business limited liability  partnership when the company executed a third-party allocation of shares to increase capital.

• The Logicom website is www.logicom.jp (Japanese only).

This employee welfare services company has provided rental services to the employees of IBM Japan since its establishment in 1991 for that purpose. BELS’ housing-related services hinge on assistance for home purchasing and sale, construction and renovation as well as support, such as consulting and contract facilitation. Its life support services—that is, services to support comfortable lifestyles—cover product sales and card business. BELS extends services to seven million employees on behalf of its corporate clients.

FGI acquired 94% equity in BELS in 2008, making it a consolidated subsidiary.

• The BELS website is www.bels.jp (Japanese only).

Since obtaining a license to operate in Bermuda in 2006, the company has focused reinsurance underwriting activities on quality risks, such as fire insurance and coverage for personal belongings. 

FGI has invested in Crane Re through subsidiaries since its establishment, and the company is now a wholly owned subsidiary.

• Crane Re corporate data is available at
  www.fgi.co.jp/english/corporate/subsidiaries.html