In today’s briefing:
- Changes in Voting Practices of Japan’s Major Investment Managements Will Take Time to Take Hold
Changes in Voting Practices of Japan’s Major Investment Managements Will Take Time to Take Hold
- Because there’s nothing about addressing environmental issues that the company itself opposes because they are global issues, it’s relatively easy to vote in favor of shareholder proposals on environmental issues.
- Governance proposal is the most sensitive because it’s directly related to election of directors. It’s challenging for domestic investment managers to vote in favor of shareholder proposals during proxy fights.
- FSA’s tightening of oversight of ESG investment trusts has triggered shift by major Japanese investment managers toward establishing ESG-related-voting policies and exercising their voting rights in accordance with these policies.
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