The global discussion about gender diversity on public company boards continues. Despite practices in several countries like the adoption of quotas, and significant efforts undertaken by a number of organizations in the US to increase gender diversity of directors, the number of women serving as directors has not changed significantly over the last six years. (18% of all S&P 500 directors are now female compared to 16% in 20081.
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Bloomberg: “Loeb Sees More Opportunities in Japan as Fanuc Stake Makes Gains”
Billionaire Dan Loeb, whose Third Point hedge fund holds a stake in Yamanashi-based Fanuc Corp., said he has met with Japanese officials and expects that he’ll find more ways to spend money in the nation.
“Japan’s Reforms Push Companies to Unlock Cash”
by Jean-Christophe de Swaan – Decades from now, if Abenomics turns out to be successful, economic historians will probably pinpoint Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s corporate sector initiatives of 2014-15 as the era’s seminal reforms.