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Governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) Haruhiko Kuroda explains his negative interest rate plan
”The skiing season would have been a great time to have been on the slopes in Japan—and out of the market.
A ski-lift ride up to the level of the Nikkei 225 average intraday high of 19,967 yen on December 3 would have been followed by a thrilling (or agonizing) almost uninterrupted slide to its 52 week low of 14,952 yen set on February 12.
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an event at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.
”Apple shareholders will be voting on a proposal at the annual meeting Feb. 26. It’s a proposal that the company opposes, which calls for the tech leader to increase diversity in its senior management.
“….An all-Japanese deal for Sharp would be awkward for Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, given his flagship policy of seeking to revive the economy via reforms. One element of his programme is to attract more foreign investment. Mr Abe’s advisers may even have had a say in Sharp’s abrupt change in attitude to Foxconn.
These are the minutes of the meeting held on December 22, 2015 . The materials that were distributed at the meeting can be downloaded at the bottom of this entry.
[Ikeo, Chairman] “Although it’s a few minutes earlier than the scheduled opening time, as all the prospective attendees are here, I’d like to open the fourth Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code. Thank you very much for taking the time from your busy schedule.
These are the minutes of the meeting held on November 24, 2015 . The materials that were distributed at the meeting can be downloaded at the bottom of this entry.
These are the minutes of the meeting held on October 20, 2015. The materials that were distributed at the meeting can be downloaded at the bottom of this entry.
[Ikeo, Chairman] “Although it’s not yet the scheduled time, as all the prospective attendees are here, I’d like to open the second Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code. Thank you very much for taking the time from your busy schedule.
These are the minutes of the meeting held on September 24, 2015. The materials that were distributed at the meeting can be downloaded at the bottom of this entry.
”When Howard Schultz, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Starbucks, asked us to work with his board’s nominating committee to help recruit a new director for one of the world’s most innovative and admired companies, he outlined what started as a normal mandate but then evolved into a nearly impossible task. Our task was to find a young director who was a digital expert to bring two perspectives into the Starbucks board room: 1) the native views of millennials, one of the company’s most important customer segments, and 2) deep social media expertise, to help accelerate the company’s market leading engagement through sophisticated apps, targeted marketing, and mobile payments.
Chinese president Xi Jinping says he wants China to be a country where ‘nobody dares to be corrupt’. Photograph: Xinhua/Reuters
”Corruption is a global scourge, sometimes becoming so deeply ingrained in countries that combating it seems impossible. In January, Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, noting that the problem “remains a blight around the world”.
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund has been blocked from investing directly in equities amid corporate fears that the $1.1tn state monolith could wield too great an influence over the private sector. The decision, reached on Wednesday by an “Critics of the world’s biggest sovereign pension fund say that, despite clear pressure from the government of […]