the issues of "disclosure, transparency and ownership" as examples of how the current framework is broken. The problems … with the current approach to transparency and ownership - namely more rules leading to a "one-size-fits-all" approach, herd … regulatory approach that is more likely to be effective. The paper begins by reviewing contemporary discussion on ownership and …

concentration of control is very high. First, 85% of all officially listed AGs have a dominant shareholder (controlling more than 25 …% of the voting rights). Second, few large blockholders control several deciding voting blocks in listed corporations …

– the majority of firms engage in “grudging” or “boilerplate” compliance in which ownership and control structures are not … adequately revealed in an accessible way and – perhaps more importantly – the impact of these ownership and control structures on … offshore tax havens can be used by politicians, celebrities and other elites to conceal their beneficial ownership of companies …

in size and if their boards of directors have more independent members. Minority voting control ownership structures …