Management Strategy

Mid-Term Management Plan “Road to 10”

Hokuhoku Financial Group Inc. made Mid-term Management Plan “Road to 10”, recognizing 3 years from Apr 2010 to Mar 2013 as a challenging term for establishing foundation of sustainable growth.

 

The company will keep on 3 key management policies, “Strengthening Market Capabilities”, “Increasing Management Efficiency” and “Cementing Customer Loyalty” and implement proper measures after full repayment of public funds to achieve JPY 10 trillion in deposit.

 

Title Road to 10
Period 3 Years (April 2010 ~ March 2013)
Position
Renew Challenge to Foster Sustainable Growth
   ~ Achieve JPY10 Trillion in deposit ~
Target
Corporate
Profile
Close and Reliable Financial Group for Local Customers

Main
Theme

  1. Establishing a stable earning base to deal with uncertainty over economy
  2. Smooth migration and strategic utilization of Joint Banking System and Upgrading human resources and service delivery channels
  3. Accumulating capital surplus to meet new regulation of capital ratio adequacy, increase in dividends and redemption of preferred shares

 

Basic Policies in Management Plan

Strengthening Market Capabilities   Increasing Management Efficiency   Cementing customer loyalty
Expansion of earnings base
Client-focused consulting services
Expansion of investment in securities
  Smooth renewal and strategic utilization of Joint Banking System
Pursuit of further synergy
Increasing sales force
  Improvement in quality of capital
Steady increase of common dividends
 
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We strengthen marketing capabilities through “Triple R” strategies, “Retail (Close to customers)”, “Relation (Reliable Service)” and “Region (Contribution to local community)”

In “Retail” strategy, we concentrate on expansion of customer base and diversification of service to them. We enhance segment marketing, broaden business to SMEs (e.g. loan guaranteed by Credit Guarantee Corporations), expand housing loan, promote financial facilitation and increase salary deposit and pension transfer accounts.

In “Relation” strategy, our focus is on providing the best solutions to customers. We aggressively offer advisory and consultation in line with client’s life cycle. We also offer business support by capitalizing our overseas network, a top-level among regional banks.

In “Region” strategy, we closely contribute to local community as a regional financial group, in support of local growing industries (e.g. agriculture, medicine and environment), collaboration with academic institutions and local governments and introduction of new business to our region and CSR initiatives.

 

We start joint use of banking system with Bank of Yokohama from May 2011. Besides sufficiently preparing for the smooth migration, we pursue further synergy as an entire group by integration of business process, shared back office, joint development of software, cutback on future expense, reallocation of human resources and increase in sales force.

We establish efficient management and secure stable accumulation of earnings to improve quality of capital by above strategies. We strive to steadily increase common dividends with consideration of earnings.

 

Target Figures

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  • We expand a customer base and increase large-account customers to establish a platform to achieve JPY 10 trillion in deposit
  • We increase total loan by expanding corporate customer base and consumer loan amount. We work hard for financial facilitation as a regional financial institution.
  • Expense is expected to increase in FY ended Mar 2012 due to migration of Joint Banking System and decrease afterward by its strategic use.
  • We accumulate internal reserve as a foundation for capital adequacy ratio of 12% and Tier 1 ratio of 8%. We strive for steady increase in dividends of common share while considering impact of new regulation of capital adequacy ratio and IFRS.

 

Deposits
(Avg Balance)
JPY 9,550.0 Bn OHR 58%
Loans
(Avg Balance)
JPY 7,200.0Bn ROA
(Core net business profit basis)
0.68%
Core net business profit JPY 70.0 Bn ROE*
(Core net income basis)
above 6%
Net income* JPY 25.5 Bn NPL Ratio around 3%
Capital Adequacy Ratio*
(Tier 1 Ratio*)
Above 11.5%
(Above 7.5%)
   

* FG consolidated

 

Mid-Term Management Plan “Road to 10”

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