In today’s briefing:
- Patience Is Often Needed for Small- And Mid-Cap Company Engagements
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Patience Is Often Needed for Small- And Mid-Cap Company Engagements
- The speed of management reform in Japanese companies is usually slower than investors and shareholders expect. In case of small- to mid-cap stocks, the speed is much slower.
- In small-to-mid-cap stocks, foreign ownerships are often lower than the average for listed companies, and older companies are often protected by cross-shareholdings. Therefore, engagement should be prepared for sluggish response.
- The way to resolve this situation is for the company to break the silent shareholder structure or increase shareholders who can exercise their voting rights based on rational decisions.