ECGI session on 'Systems of Corporate Governance compared - Anglo-Saxon countries and continental Europe'
- 01 March 2002
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- Berlin, Germany
The ECGI session on 'Systems of Corporate Governance compared - Anglo-Saxon countries and continental Europe' took place in Berlin, hosted by Deutsche Bank, on 1 March 2002. The session was introduced by the former Chairman of ECGI, Antonio Borges and the former Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Bank, Hilmar Kopper.
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1 March 2002
Weclome
Opening remarks
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Session I. - Corporate Governance in Germany - Shareholders, control and change in control
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Coffee break
Session II. - Corporate Governance - balance or imbalance?
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Lunch
Session III. (ECGI) - Systems of Corporate Governance compared - Anglo-Saxon countries and continental Europe
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Coffee break
Session IV. - Economic trends and regulatory tendencies
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Presentations
Opening remarks
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Session I. - Corporate Governance in Germany - Shareholders, control and change in control
Dr. habil. Ekkehart Böhmer, Director of Research, NYSE
The German system of corporate governance
Discussion
Dr. Jens Köke, ZEW (Center for European Economic Research), Mannheim
The relevance of shareholder structures for corporate governance
Dr. Tim Jenkinson, Oxford University, Said School of Business
Hostile stakes as an element of German corporate governance
Dr. Stefan Prigge, Universität Hamburg, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften/ Hamburg University, Economics Faculty
Change in control in German corporations
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Session II. - Corporate Governance - balance or imbalance?
Prof. Dr. Reinhard H. Schmidt, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft (Economics faculty)
Capital market controls and institutions: does reform strengthen or weaken corporate governance in Germany?
Discussion
Dr. Max Steiger, Deutsche Bank AG, Grundsatz Kapitalmarkt
The impact of institutional investors on the corporate governance of publicly listed companies
Dr. Frank Nassauer, Deutsche Bank AG, Grundsatz Kapitalmarkt
Implications of globalisation for Corporate Governance
Dr. Klaus Günter Deutsch, DB Research
German tax reform: Farewell to Germany Inc.?
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Session III. (ECGI) - Systems of Corporate Governance compared - Anglo-Saxon countries and continental Europe
Prof. Colin Mayer, Said School of Business, Oxford University
Anglo-Saxon countries - Ownership, control and capital markets
Discussion
Dr. Klaus Gugler, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Universität Wien, Österreich (Economics Faculty, University of Vienna)
Corporate Governance in continental Europe - an overview
Marc Goergen, Lecturer in Finance, School of Management, University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, UK
Corporate Governance in the United Kingdom - Do pension funds exercise control?
Prof. Marco Becht, Solvay Business School und Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgien
Corporate Governance in the United States
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Session IV. - Economic trends and regulatory tendencies
Statements
Hilmar Kopper, Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats, Deutsche Bank AG / Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG
The Board and the Supervisory Board - personal remarks
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Seibert, Referatsleiter Gesellschaftsrecht, Bundesministerium der Justiz (Head of Company Law Department, Federal Ministry of Justice)
The German Corporate Governance Commission, the German Code and the Law on Transparency and Disclosure Requirements
Dr. Rainer Geiger, Stellvertretender Direktor, Direktorat für Finanzen, Steuern und Unternehmensfragen (Deputy Director, Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs), OECD
The OECD Principles on Corporate Governance as an international standard
Dr. Anne d'Arcy, Head of European Accounting & Disclosure Regulation, Corporate Center Controlling, Deutsche Bank AG
Self-regulation at the corporate level: the example of Deutsche Bank AG
Final discussion
Prof. Dr. Norbert Walter, Mitglied der Geschäftsführung (Managing Director), Deutsche Bank Research
Insights and implications