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Daily Brief ESG: Different Criteria for Exercising Voting Rights for Overseas and Domestic Institutional Investors and more

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  • Different Criteria for Exercising Voting Rights for Overseas and Domestic Institutional Investors

Different Criteria for Exercising Voting Rights for Overseas and Domestic Institutional Investors

By Aki Matsumoto

  • The number of shareholder proposals in June 2022 was 241, significant increase from 136 in June 2021. It’s expected that the number of shareholder proposals will increase again this year.
  • The increase in the percentage of shareholder proposals recommended by voting advisors can be considered an increase in shareholder proposals that are quite reasonable from the shareholder’s point of view.
  • The percentage of overseas investors in favor of shareholder proposals increased, while that of domestic institutional investors remained unchanged at 7%, the same as the previous year.

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