Working Paper
Institutional Investor Stewardship in Italian Corporate Governance
In spite of the highly concentrated ownership of listed companies, Italy is one of the countries in which institutional investors are on the rise and are...
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The 2014 decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case ?Grande Stevens and Others v. Italy? raises numerous complex issues concerning the...
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We study the introduction of a new control-enhancing mechanism in Italy, a country characterized by family-controlled firms and growing...
Read moreInstitutional Investor Activism in a Context of Concentrated Ownership and High Private Benefits of Control: the Case of Italy
This is a draft chapter for a forthcoming volume, The Research Handbook on Shareholder Power, edited by Randall Thomas and Jennifer Hill...
Read moreEnforcing Rules on Related Party Transactions in Italy: One Securities Regulator’s Challenge
In the wake of the corporate scandals of the early 2000s, Italian policymakers tackled tunnelling via related party transactions (RPTs) by enacting a...
Read moreMarket Soundings: The Interaction between Securities Regulation and Company Law in the United Kingdom and Italy
Before deciding on operations involving share issuance or sale, companies or shareholders may seek to disclose information to selected investors, in...
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