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Daily Brief ESG: To Raise ROE and more

In today’s briefing:

  • To Raise ROE, Breaking Away from Familiar Relationships and Creating Tension in Management Is Key


To Raise ROE, Breaking Away from Familiar Relationships and Creating Tension in Management Is Key

By Aki Matsumoto

  • If the ISS ROE criteria, which seems somewhat slow, were to be resumed, many companies would still be below 5%. However, how many companies are feeling threatened?
  • About 40% of the companies have large shareholders holding more than 20% of their shares, which is one reason why many companies do not feel a sense of threat.
  • Domestic institutional investors should apply the Proxy Voting Guidelines more strictly to companies that do not make maximum efforts to increase their ROE.

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