Nearly 200 people gathered for the Eighth Annual Mitsui USA Symposium, Investors Unleashed: The Rise of Shareholder Activism in Japan, held on January 30, 2007 at Columbia Business School.
Mr. Koji Fusa, CEO and Founder of Sandringham Capital Partners Limited and Mr. Anthony Miller, Executive Managing Director of Ramius Capital Group, LLC and President of RCG Japan Ltd. discussed the increasing power of value investors to set prices for publicly traded shares of Japanese companies, and its’ impact on managers of those companies.
Professor Curtis Milhaupt, Fuyo Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Japanese Legal Studies of Columbia Law School served as commentator and Ms. Alicia Ogawa, Director of the Program of Alternative Investments at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School, was the moderator.This event was co-sponsored by the Mitsui USA Foundation; the Program on Alternative Investments of CJEB, Columbia Business School (CBS); the Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School; and the student-led organization, Japan Business Association, CBS.
The Mitsui USA Foundation and the Cnter on Japanese Economy and Business have been partners for a Mitsui USA symposium since 1999. Under CJEB Director Professor Hugh Patrick’s management, the Symposium has become a highly valued forum, bringing the most current Japanese-based economic discussions to the campus and the community at large.A video and event report are forthcoming.
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