Shareholder participation in corporate governance and investor activism are topics du jour
in the United States and around the world. In the early part of the 20th century, Professors …

Over recent decades, share ownership of listed companies has concentrated into the hands
of large institutional investors, challenging the traditional agency theory view of corporate …

The Preface of the first edition of this book, which was published in 2007, included this
opening sentence:'The global economy brings us into a new world of legal players and legal …

European corporate law and corporate governance are moving ahead beyond expectation.
Some British voices called this" a renaissance in the past decade." In December 2012, the …

On 10 June 2019 the transposition and implementation deadline for the shareholder
engagement rules imposed upon institutional investors and asset managers by the revised …

Zusammenfassung Im Zentrum der Arbeit steht das Thema Shareholder Engagement–das
ist die Einflussnahme institutioneller Investoren auf die Geschicke ihrer …

Image matters, in life and in corporate law. Shareholders are not homogenous (Anabtawi
2006, 564–5, 577ff.; Strine 2006, 1765–6), and they have been portrayed in different ways …

The freedom of speech of European issuers' directors is subject to severe restrictions. This
article aims to cast light on the behind-the-scenes dialogues that occur between …

The article offers a complete overview of the normative framework provided by Italian law
and self-regulation regarding the stewardship of asset managers and asset owners. In …

Purpose The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 prompted a significant debate on corporate
governance and shareholder empowerment. A question arises as to whether shareholders …