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Daily Brief ESG: Governance Issues Have Not Been Resolved as Far as Profiles of TSE-Listed Companies Shows and more

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  • Governance Issues Have Not Been Resolved as Far as Profiles of TSE-Listed Companies Shows


Governance Issues Have Not Been Resolved as Far as Profiles of TSE-Listed Companies Shows

By Aki Matsumoto

  • The fact that 59.2% of companies have March fiscal year-end and concentrate AGMs in the last week of June, preventing shareholders from attending AGMs, is a fundamental corporate governance issue.
  • Companies with foreign shareholdings of over 30% represent 17.4% of prime market. Most companies continue to run without a sense of urgency and without much influence from overseas investors.
  • While the number of listed subsidiaries has decreased over the past decade, the number of equity method affiliates has increased significantly. The business portfolio has not yet been fundamentally restructured.

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