Master Trust Bank of Japan

The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (日本マスタートラスト信託銀行株式会社, Nippon Masutā Torasuto Shintaku Ginkō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a trust bank in Japan. It was founded in 2000 and claims to be the first trust bank in Japan to be exclusively engaged in asset administration business.[1]

The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.
日本マスタートラスト信託銀行株式会社
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Headquarters,
Japan
Key people
Kaoru Wachi (president)
JPY 717 million (2016)
AUMJPY 371 trillion (2016)
Total assetsJPY 6,217.9 billion (2016)
Total equityJPY 21.8 billion (2016)
OwnerMitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (46.5%)
Nippon Life Insurance Company (33.5%)
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (10.0%)
Norinchukin Trust & Banking Co. (10.0%)
ParentMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Websitemastertrust.co.jp

The company's shareholders are Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (46.5%), Nippon Life Insurance (33.5%), Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance (10%) and Norinchukin Trust & Banking Co. (10%).[2] Master Trust Bank is treated as a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, and is by extension part of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.[3]

It is one of the three main master trust service providers in Japan, alongside Trust & Custody Services Bank (affiliated with Mizuho) and Japan Trustee Services Bank (affiliated with SMFG).[4]

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By the end of 2016, the Master Trust Bank of Japan had round about 4.9 percent of the Japanese advertiser Dentsu, Inc.[5] By the end of 2022, it holds circa 15.4 percent shares of Toyo Tires, worldwide according revenue the tenth biggest manufacturer of tires.[6][7] Furthermore, it is with 10 percent biggest shareholder of the Japanese investment-company Softbank; last one was for example an early investor in the Chinese e-commerce-company Alibaba.[8]

History

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Master Trust Bank was founded in 2000 with investments from Mitsubishi Trust Bank, Nippon Life Insurance, Toyo Trust Bank, Meiji Life Insurance and Deutsche Bank. A month after its founding, it became the first Japanese asset administrator to offer online information reporting services.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "GREETINGS". mastertrust.co.jp. The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  2. ^ "Corporate Overview (as of Jun. 28, 2016)". www.mastertrust.co.jp. The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  3. ^ "Group Companies in Japan : Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking". tr.mufg.jp. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  4. ^ "マスタートラスト|用語集|企業年金連合会". pfa.or.jp. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  5. ^ Kommission zur Ermittlung der Konzentration im Medienbereich: Jahresbericht 2016/2017, Page 71 (German, PDF-file, 2,9 MB), Retrieved 14. January 2024.
  6. ^ "Toyo Tire Corporation (Formerly Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.) - MarkLines Automotive Industry Portal". marklines.com. 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  7. ^ "Umsatzstärkste Reifenhersteller 2022". de.statista.com. 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  8. ^ Lepcha, Mensholong (2022-11-23). "Softbank Shareholders, Who Owns The Most Shares of Softbank?". capital.com. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  9. ^ "2016ディスクロージャー誌" (PDF). mastertrust.co.jp. The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.
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