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Mari Kumagai
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Renewed Focus on Wealth Management Will Lower the Cost of Equity for SMTH; Shares Fairly Valued

We increase our fair value estimate for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, or SMTH, to JPY 4,600 per share from JPY 4,000 per share as we reduce our cost of equity assumption. Fundamentally, we believe asset-management businesses are less risky, and we welcome management's recent decision to curve out the asset-management functions into an integrated entity to better focus on the business.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings is a holding company engaged in the management of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Companies. Co.'s main business activities are banking, asset management and administration, and real estate. Co.'s banking business offers retail banking services throughout Japan; wholesale banking services to corporate clients; and marketable financial products for investment and risk management needs Co.'s asset management and administration business provides various products including pension plan for institutional investors and investment trusts primarily for individual clients. Co.'s real estate business offers a full line of real estate related transaction services.

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Mari Kumagai

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