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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

Side Effects of Matching Numbers to Raise the Percentage of Female Board Members

Concurrent Directorship Issue Calls into Question Effectiveness of Nominating Committee

Critical Role of Outside Directors Is an Issue Leading to a Majority of Independent Directors

Next Corporate Governance Code Revision May Further Dissolve Parent-Subsidiary Listings

Parent-Subsidiary Listing Issues Lead to Reasons Why ROE Is Not Increasing

Independence of BOD Is Necessary, but Can Independence of Subordinate Companies Really Be Ensured?

Will Parent Company Valuations Remain Undervalued Until the Parent-Subsidiary Listing Is Dissolved?

ROE and Valuations of Japanese Stocks Will Improve Through Dissolution of Parent-Subsidiary Listings

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Listed subsidiaries decrease but increase if equity method listed companies are included. Many companies haven't fully exercised treatment of subsidiaries, selling only a little of their shares to below 50%.</li>
<li>Many parent companies that own listed subsidiaries and equity-method listed companies have placed cash in subsidiaries or equity-method companies without increasing their own stock prices.</li>
<li>Although companies have changed their mindset somewhat, they haven’t changed their management to effectively use cash to create value, which is the reason for the low valuations of Japanese stocks.</li>
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Listed subsidiaries decrease but increase if equity method listed companies are included. Many companies haven't fully exercised treatment of subsidiaries, selling only a little of their shares to below 50%.
Many parent companies that own listed subsidiaries and equity-method listed companies have placed cash in subsidiaries or equity-method companies without increasing their own stock prices.
Although companies have changed their mindset somewhat, they haven’t changed their management to effectively use cash to create value, which is the reason for the low valuations of Japanese stocks.


Parent-Subsidiary Listings Are a Microcosm of Japanese Stocks: Change to Value-Creation Is Long Away

TSE Tokyo Price Index TOPIX

Parent-Subsidiary Listings Are a Microcosm of Japanese Stocks: Change to Value-Creation Is Long Away