ECGI session on 'Systems of Corporate Governance compared - Anglo-Saxon countries and continental Europe'

ECGI session on 'Systems of Corporate Governance compared - Anglo-Saxon countries and continental Europe'

  • 01 March 2002
  • 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.

Information

Address:
Deutsche Bank AG, Unter den Linden 13-15, D-10117 Berlin
Contact:
Elaine McPartlan
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

1 March 2002

09:00
- 09:15

Weclome

09:30
- 10:45

Session I. - Corporate Governance in Germany - Shareholders, control and change in control

Speakers:
Dr. habil. Ekkehart Böhmer
10:45
- 11:00

Coffee break

12:15
- 13:30

Lunch

14:50
- 15:00

Coffee break

Speakers

Dr. habil. Ekkehart Böhmer
Dr. Rainer Geiger
Dr. Frank Nassauer
Dr. Anne d'Arcy

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Opening remarks

Time:
09:15h
- 09:30h

Speakers

Hilmar Kopper

Session I. - Corporate Governance in Germany - Shareholders, control and change in control

Dr. habil. Ekkehart Böhmer
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Session I. - Corporate Governance in Germany - Shareholders, control and change in control

Time:
09:30h
- 10:45h

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

Speakers

Dr. habil. Ekkehart Böhmer

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Session II. - Corporate Governance - balance or imbalance?

Time:
11:00h
- 12:15h

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

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Session III. (ECGI) - Systems of Corporate Governance compared - Anglo-Saxon countries and continental Europe

Time:
13:30h
- 14:45h

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

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Session IV. - Economic trends and regulatory tendencies

Time:
15:00h
- 16:30h

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

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