Corporate accessSpring 2022 cover story: How the pandemic has shaped share registers Mar 31, 2022Alexandra CainNo one will be surprised to read the stats on in-person meetings from last year: according to IR Magazine ’s...Read more
Corporate accessThe week in investor relations: ‘Rooney Rule’ not driving change, Nomura tops Japan corporate access survey and the end of globalization as we know it Mar 25, 2022Garnet Roach– US companies have adopted the ‘Rooney Rule’ – a practice of interviewing minority candidates for top jobs – but it hasn’t led to...Read more
ReportingThe week in investor relations: Man Utd and Juventus investor criticism, human capital focus at the SEC and bumper pay for AstraZeneca CEO May 14, 2021Garnet Roach– The Financial Times (paywall) reported that one of the top shareholders in Manchester United and Juventus criticized the...Read more
ReportingHow performance-based pay can drive up executive compensation: A Japan case study Feb 17, 2021Garnet RoachAn increasing focus on performance-based pay and long-term incentives is driving up CEO salaries in Japan. In fiscal year 2019 alone,...Read more
ActivismWhat’s driving activism in Japan? Sep 29, 2020Tim HumanJapanese firms might have expected a breather from shareholder activism in 2020. Given the devastating impact of Covid-19, businesses...Read more
Activism‘You need the trust of management’: AVI’s activist approach in Japan Aug 24, 2020Tim HumanHow has your firm’s approach to Japan evolved? We have been investing in Japan for two decades now. Until about 2017...Read more
Buy sideJapan’s governance evolution continues despite Covid-19 impact Aug 11, 2020Tim HumanSince 2014, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced a stewardship code, Japanese companies have found themselves under sustained...Read more
ESGStewardship, voting and corporate scandal: Governance in Japan Jul 08, 2019Garnet RoachThe introduction of both a Stewardship Code in 2014 and a Corporate Governance Code a year later in Japan has pushed investors to...Read more
Shareholder targeting & IDAlternatives prove to be big in Japan Jul 01, 2019Andrew HoltLooking back to the Bank of Japan’s adoption of negative interest rates in 2016, this move proved to be the spur for many investors in...Read more
Buy sideJapanese share buybacks hit record high Feb 19, 2019Andrew HoltJapanese share buybacks have hit a record for the current fiscal year, which closes at the end of March, with the trend set to...Read more