The company, which runs one of the main lines from Narita airport into the center of Tokyo, currently trades at a"huge 43 per cent discount to intrinsic value," the firm's founder and chief investment officer James Smith said at the 13D Monitor Active Passive Investment Summit.
He will meet with the company's top management next month and has already held some 12 meetings over the last two years.Palliser's efforts come at a time foreign investors are taking new stakes in Japan and pushing companies to improve governance and boost value for shareholders. But Smith, who spent years working for Elliott Investment Management and spent time in Asia, said one of the most important points of investments in Japan is to be patient and polite.