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Daily Brief ESG: A Dialogue with a Skilled Outside Director Will Create Value. This Premise Is Important and more

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  • A Dialogue with a Skilled Outside Director Will Create Value. This Premise Is Important


A Dialogue with a Skilled Outside Director Will Create Value. This Premise Is Important

By Aki Matsumoto

  • The reason why many companies have previously rejected requests by overseas investors to meet with outside directors is that they’ve prioritized information control over constructive dialogue with shareholders and investors.
  • The fact that companies begun to provide opportunities for communication with outside directors will hopefully lead to shifts in value-creating management, but it’ll not easy to spread to many companies.
  • Even if more companies provide opportunities for communication between outside directors and investors in the future, dialogue with unskilled outside directors will not be fruitful.

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