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Daily Brief ESG: Can Growth Market Reform Succeed in a Structure of Interdependence of IPO Ecosystem Stakeholders? and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Can Growth Market Reform Succeed in a Structure of Interdependence of IPO Ecosystem Stakeholders?


Can Growth Market Reform Succeed in a Structure of Interdependence of IPO Ecosystem Stakeholders?

By Aki Matsumoto

  • TSE seems reluctant to raise the market capitalization criteria for listing on Growth Market, but wants to encourage management to grow after IPO by raising the criteria for maintaining listing.
  • The reason why companies don’t grow after IPO is that IPOs are often conducted for tax savings for founders and for other reasons without any intention to grow.
  • It is questionable whether the new listing maintenance criteria will help these companies grow and whether the verbal intervention in the listing review process will be successful.

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