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Daily Brief ESG: “TSE’s Request” Catalyzes and Attracts Activist Investors to Invest and more

In today’s briefing:

  • “TSE’s Request” Catalyzes and Attracts Activist Investors to Invest


“TSE’s Request” Catalyzes and Attracts Activist Investors to Invest

By Aki Matsumoto

  • When investing in a larger company, one can expect higher liquidity, higher expectations of endorsement of the activist investor’s views because of the large institutional holdings, and smoother communication.
  • As cross-shareholding structures are beginning to break down, there’re many opportunities for activist investors to attack such companies because they couldn’t create value and grow due to underutilization of resources.
  • Activist investors have invested in Japanese companies in the past, but never with such success. This success is largely due to a change in the environment.

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