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The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku, The University of Tokyo) published the Principles for Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code) in February 27, 2014. The Council requested the FSA to publish and periodically update the list of institutional investors who announced their acceptance of the Code.
On June 11, 2015, the FSA published the updated version of the list of institutional investors who had notified the FSA of their intention to accept the Code as of the end of May 2015. There are 191 institutional investors from Japan and abroad in the list, including 7 investors who newly announced their acceptance of the Code between this March and May.
- Trust banks (Shintaku Ginko) : 7 [+1 from the previous list]
- Investment managers (Toshishintaku/Toshikomon Gaisha) : 133 [+4 from the previous list]
- Pension funds : 23 [+2 from the previous list]
- Insurance companies : 21 [±0 from the previous list]
- Others (service providers, etc.) : 7 [±0 from the previous list]
(Total) : 191 [+7 from the previous list]
Please also refer to “Stewardship Code: Message from the FSA”, which was published on September, 2, 2014.
The FSA is planning to update the list quarterly. More specifically, the information as of the end of February, May, August and November respectively is due to be published early in the following month.
The next update, which will cover the information as of the end of August, is scheduled for early September 2015. Those who newly intend to accept the Code are invited to notify the FSA (jstewardship@fsa.go.jp) by the end of August of their intention as well as the institution’s name, name of the person in charge, contact information (email address) and the URL where the announcement of the acceptance of the Code and the disclosure items described in the Code have been released.
