With trust banking at its core, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. will focus on the management of business operations, as the holding company of the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, and sets the following (1) - (8) as its key functions: (1)Supervising management strategies, (2)Supervising financial management,(3)Supervising human resource management, (4)Supervising corporate administrative management, (5)Supervising operational process management, (6) Supervising risk management, (7)Supervising compliance management, and (8) Managing internal auditing.