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Den 15 juni anordnades ett seminarium för att uppmärksamma att det är 20 år sedan Institutionella Ägares Förening (IÄF) bildades. IÄF bildades 2003 och är ett samarbete mellan svenska institutionella ägare. IÄF är en ideell förening med ändamål att tillvarata medlemmarnas intressen som institutionella ägare på den svenska aktiemarknaden genom att främja en god utveckling… Read more

In memory of Sven Unger, Mannheimer Swartling and SCGI have announced a post-doctoral fellowship in corporate law for spring 2023. The fellowship has been awarded to Jur. The project will focus for one year on current issues in the field of liability regulation. The award committee commented on the award and the project:“Stina’s research project,… Read more

SCGI co-organized the 2023 edition of the Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC), which is a global initiative to bring together the best research in law, economics, and finance relating to corporate governance at a yearly conference held at 12 leading universities in the Americas, Asia and Europe. The ninth annual GCGC Conference was hosted by Seoul National… Read more

Jesper Zackrisson is a newly appointed PhD candidate in civil law and affiliated to SCGI. His dissertation project will examine the meaning of the different elements of Articles 7 and 17 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). The focus is on listed companies’ disclosure obligations and how, when and where a disclosure should be… Read more

Corporate governance and business have an important role to play in the green transition and sustainability. There are however serious risks tied to the enforcement of corporate governance standards that are not carefully crafted, such as parts of the COM:s proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. There was a discussion on whether certain… Read more

Populist trends in corporate governance are undermining the quality of public policy, the legitimacy of democratic institutions and the functioning of our market economies. Rather than loading companies with unrealistic public responsibilities, we need to establish a fair and functional division of powers and responsibilities between politics and business. Business cannot be given the franchise… Read more