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ESG Investing is here to stay
We are pleased to point out a blog published by MSCI on 12th February highlights how ESG issues are becoming increasingly fundamental to a new generation of investors and references a number of recent studies showing a positive correlation between ESG and...
We have just sent out our Quarterly Corporate Governance Newsletter
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GO Investment Partners at ICGN Amsterday 11-12 February 2019
Our marketing director Staffan Elmgren will attend the Corporate Governance and Stewardship Academic Day 2019 jointly organised by ICGN and ECGI on 11th February 2019 and the ICGN conference on 12 February 2019 in Amsterdam. Please get in touch with us or Staffan...
Nissan has failed to draw up clear plan in wake of Ghosn’s spectacular downfall
'Governance is about checks and balances, so if there was too much power concentrated in the chairman, the responsibility lies in the directors of the board.' Toshi Oguchi comments on Carlros Ghosn exit. Read the FT story...
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...