Waseda-RIETI Symposium

Corporate Control and ESG under “New Capitalism” - Next phase of corporate governance reforms under new capitalism - (Handouts and Video)

Information

  • Time and Date: 13:30-17:30 (JST), Thursday, November 10, 2022
  • Hosts: Waseda Institute for Business and Finance (WBF) / Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / Waseda Institute of Advanced Study (WIAS)

Video (YouTube)

Handouts

Opening Remarks

Makoto Yano (Chairman, RIETI / Project Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University / Professor by Special Appointment, Sophia University)

Part 1: The Evolution of Ownership and its Impact

Moderator

Hideaki Miyajima (Professor, Waseda University / Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Introduction

“The Quiet Change of Ownership Structure in Japan”

Hideaki Miyajima (Professor, Waseda University / Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Presentation

“Internal Market for Corporate Control and Stock Repurchase”

Julian Franks (Professor, London Business School / ECGI)

“The Role of Active Funds and Activists in Japan”

Kazunori Suzuki (Professor, Waseda University / WBF/ ECGI)

“Tenure Voting: The New Dual Class?”

Marco Becht (Professor, Free University of Brussels / ECGI)

Q&A

Part 2: Round Table on the New Phase of Corporate Governance Reforms under New Capitalism

Moderator

Kazunori Suzuki (Professor, Waseda University / ECGI)

Hideaki Miyajima (Professor, Waseda University / Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Panelists

Julian Franks (Professor, London Business School / ECGI)

Marco Becht (Professor, Free University of Brussels / ECGI)

Kenji Shiomura (Government Pension Investment Funds, GPIF)

Wataru Tanaka (Professor, University of Tokyo)

Closing Remarks

Kazunori Suzuki (Professor, Waseda University / WBF/ ECGI)