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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

Then a new CFO joined the company: Masashi Oka, a financial industry veteran who had played a key role in transforming Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group-owned Union Bank in the US. It’s a core part of the CFO’s work: Last year Oka personally met with 145 investors and his IR team collectively met with more than 500.

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4 Types of Activist Investors and How to Spot Them

Harvard Business Review

However, free cash flow per share remained impressive at both companies, and fixed cost ratios remained somewhat intact. At the very least, the team should include the CEO, CFO, IRO, Board Members and General Counsel. In recent years, both companies exhibited compressed margins, flat revenue growth, and lagging returns.

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