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Sompo CFO takes hefty pay-cut in wake of Bigmotor scandal
05 March 2024Masahiro Hamada criticised cross-shareholding in outsourcing partner
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Comment: The strong case for ESG investing 'with national characteristics'
29 February 2024From green bonds to "animal attack" insurance, underwriters have an endless list of locally-appropriate ESG actions to take
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Comment: Share prices suggest insurers' shareholders might not care much about the 'G' in ESG
26 February 2024Shareholders of Japan's insurers pocketed 150% since Q1 2020 while the Topix made 98% - so do the sector's governance issues matter?
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Comment: Will Japan's FSA succeed where hedge fund activists once failed?
22 February 2024Japan's financial regulator is unpicking a web of shareholdings once decried, in vain, by a UK hedgie
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Sompo brands strategic equities a "Japanese governance issue", which it plans to axe
19 February 2024Incoming CEO wants "nothing" of such holdings, as sell-down accelerates