Corporate ownership and concentration:

This working paper documents the trends in the ownership structures of listed companies around the world and the rise in ownership concentration. It identifies three major trends in corporate ownership: the dominance of company group structures, in particular in a number of emerging markets; the gro...

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Main Author: Medina, Alejandra (Author)
Other Authors: de la Cruz, Adriana (Contributor), Tang, Yun (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2022
Series:OECD Corporate Governance Working Papers no.27
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:This working paper documents the trends in the ownership structures of listed companies around the world and the rise in ownership concentration. It identifies three major trends in corporate ownership: the dominance of company group structures, in particular in a number of emerging markets; the growth of state ownership through various state controlled investors; and the re concentration of ownership in the hands of large institutional investors, in particular investors that follow passive index investment strategies. The paper also discusses the implications for corporate governance of corporate ownership by private companies, states and institutional investors in global public equity markets
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (50 Seiten)
DOI:10.1787/bc3adca3-en