case. In the years preceding the financial crisis, shareholders validated the strategies of the very financial firms that … shareholders, having played a role in fomenting the crisis, have a positive role to play in its resolution.The prevailing legal … model of the corporation strikes a better balance between the powers of directors and shareholders than does the shareholder …

Shareholders call for more attention after the crisis: confidence will have to be restored to convince them to … recapitalise the financial firms. Five topics are addressed here: shareholders should be able to effectively exercise their rights … calling on more stable, active institutional shareholders, an objective that may be at odds with “one share, one vote …

One of the most remarkable recent developments with regard to shareholder power is how American shareholders have used …

‘Shareholder rights' are the legal entitlements of shareholders via-a-vis companies in which they invest. A large body … that without accountability, managers and dominant shareholders will use their power to further their own interests at the … rights in ways that can be excessive. This can harm not only other constituencies but also shareholders, as it can promote …