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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.

Private Equity Investment Managers Are Benefiting the Most from “Revised Disclosure Company List”

Share Trading Unit System, Which Made AGM Skeleton and Spurred Cross-Shareholdings, Has Done Its Job

A Compensation Model Should Be Created to Maximize Outside Directors' Abilities as Necessary Talents

Companies Should Reset the Yen's Depreciation Benefit Mindset and Regain Core Competencies

Fair for Managers Who Are Protected by Cross-Shareholding and Get Inflated Payout Due to Weak Yen?

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>As overseas investors continue to account for 30% of shareholdings in the TSE, domestic institutional investors are the main reliance for listed companies to secure voting rights.</li>
<li>Companies with immature management kaizen activities are eager to avoid a change of mind in voting by domestic institutional investors until they are able to generate sufficient corporate value.</li>
<li>By investing 95% of its domestic equity assets in passive funds, the GPIF has not required many companies to make tough management improvements</li>
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As overseas investors continue to account for 30% of shareholdings in the TSE, domestic institutional investors are the main reliance for listed companies to secure voting rights.
Companies with immature management kaizen activities are eager to avoid a change of mind in voting by domestic institutional investors until they are able to generate sufficient corporate value.
By investing 95% of its domestic equity assets in passive funds, the GPIF has not required many companies to make tough management improvements


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Will the Strategy of Trying to Buy Time by Negotiating Directly with Asset Owners Work?