A little goes a long way: How Japan's activist shareholder evolution is slowly taking off

Yoshihide Suga replaced Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in September and vowed to continue many of his predecessor's long-term reforms.  For SKAGEN M², which has about 10% of assets in Japanese companies, this will hopefully include improving corporate efficiency and protecting minority shareholders. Elite Radar: FSSA Japan Focus fund Suga has already announced the creation of a new agency to improve the country's digital infrastructure which should benefit the fund's largest overall position, Keihanshin Building, at 5.8% of the portfolio. Founded in 1948, Keih...