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Activist hedge fund Steel Partners entered Japan to take major stakes in underperforming companies and actively press for corporate changes. But seven years later its takeover attempts remain unsuccessful, thwarted by poison-pill defences and cross-shareholdings. Whether corporate governance as a strategy could work in Japan looks increasingly questionable.
Reference 5622
Published 22 Feb 2010
Length 28 page(s)
Topic Economics & Finance
Region Asia
Industry Private Equity
Activist hedge fund Steel Partners entered Japan to take major stakes in underperforming companies and actively press for corporate changes. But seven years later its takeover attempts remain unsuccessful, thwarted by poison-pill defences and cross-shareholdings. Whether corporate governance as a strategy could work in Japan looks increasingly questionable.