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Yoshi Maeda on engaging with Japanese corporates at Jefferies Activism Summit
Last week Jefferies hosted its first annual Japan Corporate Governance and Activism Summit to discuss the unique opportunities and challenges faced by corporate governance reformers and activist investors in Japan. Our colleague Yoshi Maeda shared his perspective on...
Toshi Oguchi adds his thoughts to latest news on Nissan in The Nikkei Asian Review
The Nikkei Asian Review reflects on how the Ghosn scandal unmasked Nissan’s lack of governance. Most experts agree that this stems from the fact that Nissan had few outside directors with management experience. Toshi Oguchi, our representative director of GO Japan...
Yoshi Maeda’s perspective on how investor stewardship and corporate governance are evolving in Japan
In this article published by Ethical Boardroom this Autumn, Yoshi Maeda reflects on how investor stewardship and corporate governance are evolving in Japan. 2018 marked the fifth anniversary of Japan’s initiatives on investor stewardship and corporate governance...
Review of the 2018 Japanese AGM Season
We have witnessed continuing progress in the corporate governance of Japanese companies every AGM season over the past three years. In the May-June 2018 AGM season, we saw again a further increase of independence and diversity in Japanese boards. The tenet that there...
Our latest Corporate Governance Newsletter is now available!
We are delighted to share our latest corporate governance newsletter with you. See the link below. In this quarter's newsletter Mihoko Yoshida shares a review of the 2018 Japanese AGM season; Staffan Elmgren looks at changes within the UK auditing landscape and ...
In today’s FT, our Chairman Eric Tracey co-writes a letter on how accountancy can be made to work for investors
There have been much debate on how investors should be the primary focus for global financial and accounting standards to help them better assess a company’s financial situation. In this letter Eric Tracey and other investors set out their view as to how accountancy...
Toshi Oguchi to speak at Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2018 Japan Conference
Toshi Oguchi, Representative Director of Governance for Owners Japan KK shares his insights with the ESG Panel for the Merrill Lynch 2018 Japan Conference. Taking a buy-side perspective the panel will discuss a number of approaches which have been successful in...
Nikkei Asian Review – Japan’s revised governance code takes on cross-shareholdings with quotes from Toshi Oguchi
Tokyo Bourse wants to see more diversity in the Boardroom. Japan's revised governance code takes on cross...
Toshi Oguchi to speak on Effective Corporate Engagement at the American Chamber of Commerce in Tokyo
Further information can be found here
Governance for Owners attends ICGN-IIRC Tokyo
Governance For Owners attended the ICGN-IIRC Tokyo Conference on Integrated Reporting. Team members Toshi Oguchi, Mihoko Yoshida, Peter Butler, Yoshikazu Maeda and Paola Perotti presented our solutions for responsible investors in Japan and welcomed clients and...