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Daily Brief ESG: Isn’t the Market Impatient for the Companies to Implement Management Reforms? and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Isn’t the Market Impatient for the Companies to Implement Management Reforms?


Isn’t the Market Impatient for the Companies to Implement Management Reforms?

By Aki Matsumoto

  • More companies are mentioning share buybacks, reducing cross-shareholdings, capital allocation policies, and capital costs. However, the ROE of most companies has not improved significantly.
  • “TSE’s request” is at critical juncture addressing whether it’ll lead to formal improvements such as the introduction of corporate governance code, or whether it’ll enable sustainable growth in corporate value.
  • Looking at recent market trends, investors are increasingly expecting activist investors to directly demand management reforms from companies, in anticipation that it’ll take time to realize results of internal reforms.

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