of bank shareholders). In this paper, we explore institutional investors' preferences for bank capital for a sample of U … influence of institutional shareholders. Further analyses show that the relationship between bank capital and institutional … suggest that institutional shareholders view bank capital as privately optimal and complement banking regulation in increasing …

away from the traditional focus on shareholders by adding investors in other assets to the list of the stewards of …

for shareholders to communicate directly and publicly with the firm's management. Examining AGM transcripts of U ….S. companies between 2007 and 2021, we find that shareholders actively express their concerns about environmental, social and …. Shareholders' soft engagement at AGMs is hence an effective way to "walk the talk". …

agency cost of debt – proxied by various loan contracts terms - increases in the voting power of the largest outside …

over management's portfolio selection. The paper demonstrates that rational shareholders - that anticipate these endogenous …

The paper aims to empirically assess the threshold effect in the large shareholders (LS) and bank performance … large shareholders-bank performance relationship. Additionally, results show that this effect differs across regions. More … specifically, we found that, below the threshold, large shareholders significantly decrease bank performance for the whole sample …

The Fortis Bank takeover court case demonstrates how shareholders' claims can make a merger and takeover case less … situation such as the role of minority shareholders, the role of the state vis-à-vis the board in a financial rescue plan, the … Belgian courts — the Commercial Court of Brussels and the Court of Appeal — towards shareholders' enforcement of corporate …