Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance

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

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9783110136432
• eBook ISBN: 9783110893380
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Commercial Law
• Index: Law

Der Sammelband enthält 23 Beiträge ausgewiesener Wissenschaftler und Praktiker des In- und Auslands zur Entwicklung institutioneller Anleger (Banken, Versicherungen, Investmentfonds, Pensionsfonds usw.), ihre Anlagepolitik, ihr Abstimmungsverhalten, die Auswirkungen auf die Geschäftsleitungen ihrer Beteiligungsgesellschaften sowie zu den in diesem Zusammenhang auftretenden rechtspolitischen Fragen.

Table of contents

• List of Contributors
• List of Abbreviations
• Part One: Comparative and International Aspects
• Chapter One: “Comparative Aspects of Institutional Investment and Corporate Governance”
• Chapter Two: “Some Differences in Corporate Governance in Germany, Japan and America”
• Chapter Three: “Corporate Governance by Institutional Investors? Some Problems from an International Perspective”
• Part Two: United States
• Chapter Four: “Public Pension Fund Activism in Corporate Governance Reconsidered”
• Chapter Five: “Boards of Directors versus Institutional Investors”
• Chapter Six: “CEO Performance, Board Types and Board Performance: A First Cut”
• Chapter Seven: “Institutional Investors in the U.S. and the Repeal of Poison Pills: A Practitioner’s Perspective”
• Chapter Eight: “Investment Companies as Guardian Shareholders: The Place of the MSIC in the Corporate Governance Debate”
• Part Three: Europe
• Chapter Nine: “Institutional Investors in the United Kingdom”
• Chapter Ten: “Corporate Governance in Swedish Listed Companies”
• Chapter Eleven: “Ownership of Equity and Corporate Governance - The Case of Sweden”
• Chapter Twelve: “Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in the Netherlands”
• Chapter Thirteen: “Institutional Investors, Financial Groups and their Impact on Corporate Governance in Belgium”
• Chapter Fourteen: “Les Investisseurs Institutionnels en Droit Français”
• Chapter Fifteen: “Institutional Investors and Corporate Control in Spanish Perspective”
• Chapter Sixteen: “Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance: The Austrian View”
• Chapter Seventeen: “Institutional Investors in Switzerland”
• Chapter Eighteen: “Duties of Banks in Voting Their Clients’ Stock”
• Chapter Nineteen: “The Equity Market in Germany and its Dependency on the System of Old Age Provisions”
• Chapter Twenty: “Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance: A German Perspective”
• Part Four: Australia and Japan
• Chapter Twenty-One: “Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in Australia”
• Chapter Twenty-Two: “Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in Japanese Perspective”
• Chapter Twenty-Three: “Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in Japan”
• Index