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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

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Shareholder Returns Offered by Companies that Do Not Meet Prime Market Listing Criteria Are.....

It Is Crucial that Corporate Governance Practices that Are Formally in Place Actually Function

Mismatch Between Documents Needed by Foreign Investors and Those Translated in English by Companies

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Prime market was conceived as a market for institutional investors to invest in, but the problem is that little has changed in substance as a result of the market reclassification.</li>
<li>The current discussion hasn't raised any debate on raising the market cap-threshold for prime market. To keep up appearances as a global market, TSE will proceed with disclosure in English.</li>
<li>TSE will probably set 5-year exit deadline for companies that don't meet the listing criteria  within the next year, and will prepare a market for those companies.</li>
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Prime market was conceived as a market for institutional investors to invest in, but the problem is that little has changed in substance as a result of the market reclassification.
The current discussion hasn't raised any debate on raising the market cap-threshold for prime market. To keep up appearances as a global market, TSE will proceed with disclosure in English.
TSE will probably set 5-year exit deadline for companies that don't meet the listing criteria  within the next year, and will prepare a market for those companies.


Review of TSE Market Reclassification Requires a Big Cleanup, Not a Small Cleanup as It Should Be

TSE Tokyo Price Index TOPIX

Review of TSE Market Reclassification Requires a Big Cleanup, Not a Small Cleanup as It Should Be