Welcome to our library

An issue that has grown in importance in the corporate governance debate, is the shareholders’ involvement in listed companies’ governance, and in particular what regulatory measures can be taken to achieve increased ownership commitment. In this academic dissertation, this question is put in relation to the rules on public takeover bids in the stock market, with the aim of examining how these rules affect the conditions for shareholders to become involved in the management of the listed companies. The publication is written by Erik Lidman, who works as a researcher and teacher at the Department of Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, and is active within Corporate Governance Forum.

This report provides reliable and up-to-date information about corporate ownership structures. The report builds on a unique dataset of firm-level ownership information of almost 10 000 large listed companies worldwide that together represent 90 percent of the global stock market capitalization and a combined market value of USD 75 trillion. The authors present a comprehensive global overview of how ownership is distributed among different categories of investors and cross-border ownership as well as of the degree of ownership concentration at the company level. The report has been developed by Alejandra Medina, Adriana De La Cruz and Yung Tang at the Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance Division of the OECD, under the supervision of the Head of Division, Mats Isaksson.

Only a few weeks before he passed away, Peter Montagnon visited the Corporate Governance Forum in Stockholm where he gave a much appreciated address. He also sent us an edited version of his speaking notes, which he encouraged us to share with a wider public. We are pleased to feature these notes below together with a tribute provided by Peter’s friend and former colleague John Plender, Senior Editorial Columnist at the Financial Times.

This publication provides important insights into how the public policy agenda of corporate governance needs to adapt to developments in modern equity markets. Based on original empirical research it illustrates key changes with respect to the population of regulated corporations, the markets in which their shares are traded and the varying incentives among institutional investors to engage in truly informed corporate governance. The authors are Mats Isaksson, Head of the Corporate Affairs Division, and Serdar Çelik, Senior Economist, both at the OECD.