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?
- 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.
