The voice of minority shareholders remains insufficiently heard across the EU.
Despite recent regulatory progress, individual investors continue to face significant obstacles in exercising their rights at Annual General Meetings (AGMs) and accessing effective redress mechanisms when their interests are undermined or harmed.
What is the next step to better promote shareholders’ rights?
In an era of growing market complexity and cross-border investment, a number of key questions remain:
- How can AGMs be enhanced to ensure meaningful participation by retail shareholders?
- Will the EU Directive on Collective Redress translate into real-world access to justice for individual investors
- What mechanisms are required to ensure shareholder rights are not only formally recognised, but also practically enforceable?
- How can legal and institutional frameworks more effectively protect minority shareholders from disproportionate losses?
These issues, among others, will be addressed at our upcoming international inverstors’ conference: Empowering Minority Shareholders and Advancing Individual Investor Rights
