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Daily Brief ESG: Whatever the Proxy Voting Advisor’s Criteria and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Whatever the Proxy Voting Advisor’s Criteria, It Is How Investors Actually Conduct Themselves


Whatever the Proxy Voting Advisor’s Criteria, It Is How Investors Actually Conduct Themselves

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Since many prime market listed companies have already achieved the gender and TCFD criteria, this will unlikely to be a major issue with regard to Glass Lewis’ criteria changes.
  • The ROE for the exception rule for companies with large policy shareholdings should have been even higher, not the same as the TSE’s 5-year average ROE of 8%.
  • The criteria for maximum tenure of outside directors should not have provided magic number, but rather performance and other factors that would determine whether he/she is qualified for the position.

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