Title: Institutional shareholders: their role in the shaping of corporate governance

Authors: Chris Mallin

Addresses: Birmingham Business School, University House, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK

Abstract: Institutional shareholders have become an influential force in corporate governance in the last 25 years. In this paper, the trends in share ownership are highlighted together with the resultant emergence of institutional shareholders. Recent developments, in an international context, of the expectations of the role that institutional shareholders will perform, and in particular the implications for their role in shaping corporate governance, are discussed.

Keywords: institutional shareholders; corporate governance; engagement; share ownership; short-termism.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCG.2008.017652

International Journal of Corporate Governance, 2008 Vol.1 No.1, pp.97 - 105

Published online: 25 Mar 2008 *

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