Date: 5th October 2016
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Type: In the news
According to the Independent, UK shareholder activism is seriously lagging behind most EU Member States, while European success stories include the Swedish Shareholder Association and its counterpart in Denmark. All three organisations are members of EuroFinuse, the European Federation of Financial Services Users. The question arises if shareholder activism, consisting of dialogue and formal shareholder proposals, can really work to make companies stay on track and behave, and why British shareholder associations have not blossomed to the same extent as in continental Europe?
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