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Daily Brief ESG: Patience Is Often Needed for Small- And Mid-Cap Company Engagements and more

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  • Patience Is Often Needed for Small- And Mid-Cap Company Engagements


Patience Is Often Needed for Small- And Mid-Cap Company Engagements

By Aki Matsumoto

  • 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.

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