The European Commission has launched a consultation on the future of European Company Law. European company law is a subject that, understandably, has been overshadowed over the recent years by its sibling, financial law. It will be interesting to see... Continue reading

I've just posted a new paper on SSRN that addresses the issue of proxy advisors' influence on the voting behavior of institutional investors. Many thanks to the LSE for inviting me to present the paper last month in London. Hopefully... Continue reading

I've just had a chance to read through the UK Takeover Panel's statement and let me just comment on an issue that has my particular interest, the voting right. The Consultation document (available here) noted that it has been argued... Continue reading

I've just uploaded a new paper on SSRN entitled The Mechanisms of Voting Efficiency, which aims to shed some light on the the question what determines whether shareholders make the right decisions. To answer this question, the paper borrows insights... Continue reading

Especially as a young scholar, it's always encouraging to notice that someone actually read your work. I had this pleasure today as the European Commission published a lengthy report evaluating the European Transparency Directive, which contains issuer disclosure rules as... Continue reading

Thanks to Matthijs de Jongh, two links to Corporate Governance reform initiatives in the UK: The first one's to the Financial Reporting Council's proposed reforms to the UK Corporate Governance Code; The second one's to the Institutional Shareholders' Committee (ISC)'s... Continue reading

I've just uploaded a new paper on SSRN, entitled Corporate Governance in the Netherlands. From the abstract: This paper offers a descriptive analysis of corporate governance in the Netherlands. It has been prepared as a country report for the International... Continue reading

The Dutch financial scene has been shaken over the past two weeks by what can be characterized as a classic bank run. Events at privately held DSB Bank, with assets of about EUR 8bn, began to unfold some two weeks... Continue reading