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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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Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Even if the initial AUM is small, the impact of launch of a publicly offered mutual fund for retail investors by a foreign activist investor is expected to be significant.</li>
<li>If Dalton gains the support of individual investors through publicly offered investment trust, it would give more legitimacy to the management improvement plans that Dalton is pressing Japanese company for.</li>
<li>Increased attention to the activist investors is expected to lead to a certain number of individual shareholders voting in favor of shareholder proposals, as well as  overseas investor engagement.</li>
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Even if the initial AUM is small, the impact of launch of a publicly offered mutual fund for retail investors by a foreign activist investor is expected to be significant.
If Dalton gains the support of individual investors through publicly offered investment trust, it would give more legitimacy to the management improvement plans that Dalton is pressing Japanese company for.
Increased attention to the activist investors is expected to lead to a certain number of individual shareholders voting in favor of shareholder proposals, as well as  overseas investor engagement.


The Impact of Launching a Publicly Offered Mutual Fund by an Activist Investor Is ....

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