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Daily Brief ESG: Raising ROE May Require Raising Proxy Voting Guidelines and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Raising ROE May Require Raising Proxy Voting Guidelines


Raising ROE May Require Raising Proxy Voting Guidelines

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Although many institutional investors’ voting criteria apply the rule of “support the proposed appointment of top management director if one female director is nominated,” more in-depth examination should be conducted.
  • Agenda based on TSE’s request isn’t easy to understand for all investors, and the current voting guidelines for domestic institutional investors make it unlikely that they will vote for it.
  • The ISS ROE criteria will be raised next year, and companies may not raise ROE with bold shareholder returns until the voting guidelines for domestic institutional investors are also raised.

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