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Oasis Management
Oasis Management Company (Oasis), is a hedge fund management firm headquartered in Hong Kong with additional offices in Tokyo and Austin, Texas. It is an activist investor, that has pushed for significant change at companies. In recent times, it has been focusing on Japanese companies. In its 2022 activist investing annual review, Insightia ranked Oasis as the third most influential activist investor. Background Oasis was founded in 2002 by Seth Fischer who previously was an Asian investment portfolio manager at Highbridge Capital Management. It was originally formed as a venture between Oasis Management Holdings and DKR Capital Partners named DKR Oasis Management. It ran an Asia-focused multi-strategy fund named DKR SoundShore Oasis Fund. In December 2008, due to the 2008 financial crisis, DKR Oasis laid off staff in its Tokyo office. In June 2011, the venture dissolved with outside money being returned. DKR Oasis Management was restructured into Oasis Management . In Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LHT Tower
LHT Tower or Luk Hoi Tong Building () is an office building and shopping mall at 31 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong. It is directly adjacent to MTR Central station. It was opened in November 2011. History LHT Tower was constructed at the former site of the Queen's Theatre. It is owned by The Luk Hoi Tong Company Limited. In 2008, the old building was demolished to be redeveloped. Architect and construction It is designed by Rocco Design Architects Limited, Gammon Construction Limited was awarded the contract for the redevelopment. The property is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle. Building Luk Hoi Tong Building comprises a 28-storey mixed office and retail tower with a gross floor area of 21,000 square metres, spreading over 21 floors of office, two levels of mechanical floor, a three-level podium retails, a basement floor and two dining floors. The site was originally occupied by the old Queen's Theatre in 1925 and was later developed into an office cum cinema buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Game
A mobile game is a video game that is typically played on a mobile phone. The term also refers to all games that are played on any Mobile device, portable device, including from mobile phone (feature phone or smartphone), tablet computer, tablet, Personal digital assistant, PDA to handheld game console, portable media player or graphing calculator, with and without network availability. The earliest known game on a mobile phone was a Tetris variant on the Hagenuk MT-2000 device from 1994. In 1997, Nokia launched ''Snake (1998 video game), Snake''. ''Snake'', which was Pre-installed software, pre-installed in most mobile devices manufactured by Nokia for a couple of years, has since become one of the most played games, at one point found on more than 350 million devices worldwide. Mobile devices became more computationally advanced allowing for downloading of games, though these were initially limited to phone carriers' own stores. Mobile gaming grew greatly with the development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsui Fudosan
is a major Japanese real estate developer with properties located globally. Mitsui Fudosan is one of the core companies of Mitsui Group. Corporate structure The company is organized into four divisions. *Office Building Division *Real Estate Solution Services Division *Accommodation Business Division *Retail Properties Division Major projects *In Tokyo, Mitsui undertook a major redevelopment project in the Nihonbashi district, where group founder Takatoshi Mitsui had his kimono shop during the 17th century. Mitsui also developed the "Gran Tokyo North Tower" office building at Tokyo Station. *In New York City, Mitsui's first major project was the 2.3 million square foot Exxon Building (1251 Avenue of the Americas), which it acquired in the 1980s. It subsequently engaged in several other projects in the city together with local partners. It has announced plans to invest up to $1.25 billion in the 51-story 50 Hudson Yards tower as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extraordinary General Meeting
An extraordinary general meeting, commonly abbreviated as EGM, is a meeting of members of an organisation, shareholders of a company, or employees of an official body that occurs at an irregular time.' The term is usually used where the group would ordinarily hold an annual general meeting (AGM) but where an issue arises that requires the input of the entire membership and is too serious or urgent to wait until the next AGM. Members and/or shareholders must be informed of the purpose of the EGM so that they may attend in a position where they can discuss and exercise intelligent judgment, or else any resolutions passed are invalid.'''' Procedure Before the EGM the board of the organisation will have agreed upon one or more resolutions that will be put to the shareholders or members for approval at the EGM. The wording of the resolution is sent to the shareholders with a note about its importance. The theory is that the board has a better knowledge of the situation, and the res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Dome
is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often used as a unit of size; for example, "the new construction is five times the size of Tokyo Dome." Construction Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome, adjacent to Korakuen Stadium and the Koishikawa-Kōrakuen garden. It has a maximum total capacity of 57,000 depending on configuration, with an all-seating configuration of 42,000. Tokyo Dome's original nickname was "The Big Egg", with some calling it the "Tokyo Big Egg".Haberman, Clyde Amid Some Doubts, a Tokyo Dome New York Times, March 23, 1988 Its dome-shaped roof is an air-supported structure, a cable-reinforced 0.8 mm flexible fiberglass membrane supported by slightly pressurizing the inside of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo District Court
is a district court located at 1-1-4 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. See also *Judicial system of Japan In the judicial system of Japan, the Constitution of Japan guarantees that "all judges shall be independent in the exercise of their conscience and shall be bound only by this constitution and the Laws" (Article 76). They cannot be removed from ... References Judiciary of Japan Courts and tribunals established in 1871 {{Japan-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliott Management
Elliott Investment Management L.P. is an American investment management firm. It is also one of the largest activist funds in the world. It is the management affiliate of American hedge funds Elliott Associates L.P. and Elliott International Limited. The Elliott Corporation was founded by Paul Singer, who is CEO of the management company, based in New York City. As of the first quarter of 2015, Elliott's portfolio is worth over $8 billion. By 2009, over a third "of Elliott's portfolio was concentrated in distressed securities, typically in the debt of bankrupt or near-bankrupt companies." The firm moved its headquarters from New York City to West Palm Beach, Florida in 2020. Overview Singer created Elliott Associates in January 1977, starting with $1.3 million from friends and family and choosing the Elliott brand as it is his middle name. In its earliest years, the firm focused on convertible arbitrage. Since the 1987 stock market crash and early 1990s recession, however, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Electronics
is a Japanese consumer electronics subsidiary of the Japanese electronics component manufacturer Alps Electric, specialising in car audio and navigation systems. Established in 1967 as Alps-Motorola – a joint venture between Alps Electric and U.S.-based Motorola – it became Alpine Electronics, Inc. in 1978 when Alps bought out Motorola's share of the company. Alpine's engineering headquarters are in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Alpine also has manufacturing facilities in Brazil, Hungary, Mexico, China, and Thailand. In 2006, 76% of Alpine's revenues came from OEM sales. Honda and Volkswagen have offered unbranded audio systems manufactured by Alpine, and companies such as Jaguar, Jeep and Land Rover have offered co-branded Alpine audio systems in their vehicles. Products and technologies *1981 – World's first automotive navigation system, created for Honda as the Electro Gyrocator *1982 – World's first in-car computerized equalizer *1983 – Alpine introduces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alps Electric
, previously known as is a Japanese multinational corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, producing electronic devices, including switches, potentiometers, sensors, encoders and touchpads. The company was established in 1948 as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in December 1964. Since June 22, 2012, the President has been Toshihiro Kuriyama and Chairman is Masataka Kataoka. Alps is also well known for the Alpine brand of car audio. The Alps Electric Group has R&D, production and sales bases located in Japan and around the globe—in the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Greater China. Since its founding, Alps Electric has supplied around 40,000 types of electronic components to over 2,000 manufacturers of home appliances, mobile devices, automobiles and industrial equipment worldwide. In 2014, Alps Group comprised 84 subsidiary companies, 25 through Alps Electric, 32 through Alpine Electronics and 27 through Alps Logi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasona
Pasona Inc. (株式会社パソナ ''Kabushiki Gaisha Pasona'') is a Japanese multinational corporation that provides a variety of staffing services, including temporary staffing, recruiting, outplacement, and outsourcing. The company is headquartered in the Ōtemachi district of Tokyo and is the second largest staffing company in Japan. History In February 1976, Yasuyuki Nambu founded Temporary Center, Inc. in the Kita ward of Osaka. Later that year, the company set up an office in the Chūō ward of Tokyo. Over the next 10 years, Temporary Center franchises were created in Okayama, Kyoto, Kumamoto, Niigata, and Nagasaki. In 1993, the company changed its name to Pasona Inc. In 1999, Pasona Inc. and its related company, Pasona Sunrise Inc. moved their headquarters to Tokyo. The following year, Pasona Sunrise Inc. obtained operational rights to Pasona Inc. and changed its name to Pasona Inc.; the former Pasona Inc. changed its name to Nambu Enterprise Inc. At the end of Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Management Buyout
A management buyout (MBO) is a form of acquisition in which a company's existing managers acquire a large part, or all, of the company, whether from a parent company or individual. Management- and/or leveraged buyouts became noted phenomena of 1980s business economics. These so-called MBOs originated in the US, spreading first to the UK and then throughout the rest of Europe. The venture capital industry has played a crucial role in the development of buyouts in Europe, especially in smaller deals in the UK, the Netherlands, and France. Overview Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company. The particular nature of the MBO lies in the position of the buyers as managers of the company and the practical consequences that follow from that. In particular, the due diligence process is likely to be limited as the buyers already have full knowledge of the company available to them. The seller is also unlikely to give any but the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panasonic
is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Kadoma, Japan. It was founded in 1918 as in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Fukushima by Kōnosuke Matsushita. The company was incorporated in 1935 and renamed and changed its name to in 2008. In 2022, it reorganized as a holding company and adopted its current name. In addition to consumer electronics, for which it was the world’s largest manufacturer in the late 20th century, Panasonic produces a wide range of products and services, including Rechargeable battery, rechargeable batteries, automotive and avionic systems, industrial equipment, as well as home renovation and construction. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX, TOPIX 100 indices, with a secondary listing on the Nagoya Stock Exchange. Corporate name From 1925 to October 1, 2008, the company's corporate name was "Matsushita Electric Industrial Co." (MEI). On January 10, 2008, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
