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Should the EU focus on harmonising corporate bond markets, rather than further harmonising equity markets? This question is addressed in an Oxford Business Law Blog post by the European Company Law Expert Group, where SCGI-directors Rolf Skog and Erik Lidman are members. The conclusion: “Corporate bond markets are not as different from equity markets as is… Read more

Professor Erik Lidman, Director of the SCGI, has been appointed to the European Company Law Expert Group (ECLE). The ECLE is an independent, not-for-profit group of European company and financial law experts who are dedicated to publishing policy papers on selected topics of European company law and financial regulation. Its main objective is to advise… Read more

On 3 November 2025, a PhD-seminar was held to present the project ‘The definition and interpretation of inside information under the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)’, by Jesper Zackrisson. The focus of the project is to examine the definition of inside information as outlined in Article 7.1 littera a) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.… Read more

On November 1, Stina Bratt was promoted to Associate Professor at Stockholm University. Stina’s latest work includes the book The Regulation of Discharge from Liability in Swedish Company Law, and she is currently working on a project concerning board liability in banks and financial companies. Read more

On November 1, Stina Bratt started a new post doc on board liability in banks and financial companies. The project focuses on the effects of board liability regulation on corporate governance. The project will run for two years and is funded by the Foundation for Jurisprudential Research.  Read more

In the spring of 2025, Johanna Böhm will begin working with the SCGI as a PhD student, writing a thesis on sustainability reporting. Johanna has a background in issuer surveillance at Nordic Growth Market and teaching at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg. Read more