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Daily Brief ESG: Is Slower Management Decision Making of Japanese Companies Relate to Slower Growth of Market Cap? and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Is Slower Management Decision Making of Japanese Companies Relate to Slower Growth of Market Cap?


Is Slower Management Decision Making of Japanese Companies Relate to Slower Growth of Market Cap?

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Declining components from MSCI indexes will lead to less inflows from active as well as passive funds, and less transmission from the sell-side to global investors.
  • Based on the assumption that the world’s top companies have grown in response to changes in the environment, Japanese companies may be relatively slow in making management decisions for growth.
  • As benchmark adopters reduce their investments in Japanese equities, investors adopting investment strategies that are less concerned with benchmarks will have a greater presence than ever before.

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