SCGI

As part of strengthening EU competitiveness, the ‘Study on the effectiveness of the framework for corporate governance underpinning the quality of corporate reporting’ is currently carried out at the behalf of the Commission, analysing the effectiveness of the EU reporting framework and how this relates to corporate governance. SCGI, together with the Swedish Institutional Owners‘… Read more

On October 17, 2024, a PhD-seminar was held where the project “Directed share issuances on the Swedish Equity Market” by Alexandra Park Larsson was presented. Niklas Arvidsson, Professor at the Department of Business Law, Lund University, was the discussant. Read more about the project here. Read more

On October 16, 2024, Professor Svante Johansson who recently retired from Stockholm University received his Festschrift, with contributions from some 30 authors. The contributions from SCGI’s researchers are as follows: On the modification of bond terms. Erik Lidman, together with Anna Fjäll (the Riksbank). On the requirement for independent directors. Erik Lidman. Development of good… Read more

[Swedish] “Efter två års verksamhet kan vi konstatera att satsningen har varit lyckosam. För det första har vi förmånen att samarbeta med ett antal kvalificerade aktörer som valt att stödja institutet med såväl råd och kunskap som finansiering. I syfte att säkra en mångsidig och objektiv vetenskaplig forskning har vi betonat vikten av att dessa… Read more

Anton Hansson is a newly appointed PhD-candidate in civil law and affiliated to SCGI. His PhD-project will examine the obligations of equal treatment of bondholders on the Swedish corporate bond market. The objective is to improve the understanding of the rules on equal treatment of bondholders and to analyse whether these rules create adequate investor… Read more

The annual Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) was held at Columbia University on June 13–15. The GCGC brings together leading academics from top universities from Europe, the US and Asia. The SCGI is one of the twelve organizing institutions, along with Columbia Law School, Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, Yale Law School, Goethe University, imperial College, Oxford… Read more