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Daily Brief ESG: Prime Market Is Still the Market with the Most Listed Companies Even After 171 Companies Are Removed and more

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  • Prime Market Is Still the Market with the Most Listed Companies Even After 171 Companies Are Removed


Prime Market Is Still the Market with the Most Listed Companies Even After 171 Companies Are Removed

By Aki Matsumoto

  • The baseless confidence of the 177 companies that finally moved to Standard Market that their market capitalization would increase in18 months was nothing more than a waste of time.
  • It is fine for a company to aim to be listed on the highest prime market, but high shareholder returns and quality management must come first.
  • If the listing criteria for prime market was JPY100 billion market capitalization, the gap with investors who initially expected prime market before the market restructuring would have been much smaller.

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