Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance

by Baums, Theodor; Buxbaum, Richard M.; Hopt, Klaus J.

• ISBN13: 9783110136432
• ISBN10: 3110136430
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Inc

Summary

The volume contains 23 articles by international experts, both scholars and practioners dealing with the development of institutional investors (such as banks, insurances, investment companies, pension funds etc.), their investment and voting policies, the impact on managements of the companies concerned and related issues. The consequences of the international development on capital markets as well as policy implications for the respective national legislations are treated.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Comparative Aspects of Institutional Investment and Corporate Governance	p. 3
Some Differences in Corporate Governance in Germany, Japan and America	p. 23
Corporate Governance by Institutional Investors? Some Problems from an International Perspective	p. 89
Public Pension Fund Activism in Corporate Governance Reconsidered	p. 105
Boards of Directors versus Institutional Investors	p. 161
CEO Performance, Board Types and Board Performance: A First Cut	p. 181
Institutional Investors in the U.S. and the Repeal of Poison Pills: A Practitioner's Perspective	p. 201
Investment Companies as Guardian Shareholders: The Place of the MSIC in the Corporate Governance Debate	p. 225
Institutional Investors in the United Kingdom	p. 257
Corporate Governance in Swedish Listed Companies	p. 287
Ownership of Equity and Corporate Governance - The Case of Sweden	p. 311
Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in the Netherlands	p. 329
Institutional Investors, Financial Groups and their Impact on Corporate Governance in Belgium	p. 347
Les Investisseurs Institutionnels en Droit Francais	p. 385
Institutional Investors and Corporate Control in Spanish Perspective	p. 399
Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance: The Austrian View	p. 465
Institutional Investors in Switzerland	p. 489
Duties of Banks in Voting Their Clients' Stock	p. 531
The Equity Market in Germany and its Dependency on the System of Old Age Provisions	p. 555
Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance: A German Perspective	p. 565
Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in Australia	p. 583
Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in Japanese Perspective	p. 609
Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in Japan	p. 665
Index	p. 689
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