Ongoing projects at SCGI
Our projects and their results are published in various forms and media. Articles, speeches and short studies leading to policy recommendations are mainly published here on our website. Academic work is mainly published in academic journals and, where appropriate, reports are published in a manner agreed with the parties involved. They are usually available for download from the publishers. Doctoral theses are usually published in book form and are then available in bookshops and from the publishers.
Below you will find a description of ongoing long-term projects at the Institute and, where possible, references to relevant publishers where published material is available.
1 September 2024
Equal treatment of corporate bondholders
Anton Hansson, PhD-candidate and SCGI researcher, is conducting a project on equal treatment of corporate bondholders. His PhD-project examines 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 protection in the corporate bond market.
Bookform
1 August 2023
The regulation of discharge in company law
The project, carried out by Stina Bratt, jur. dr. and SCGI researcher, examines the rules on discharge under Swedish company law at the intersection of company law, corporate governance and tort law. The Swedish discharge regulation and its effects in tort law are studied from a comparative perspective. The aim is to increase the understanding of the differences and similarities that exist in different legal systems regarding discharge from liability and to identify the need for and provide proposals for changes and clarifications regarding the current Swedish regulation.
Publication
1 April 2023
Disclosure obligations of share issuers under the EU Market Abuse Regulation (“MAR”)
Jesper Zackrisson, PhD-candidate and SCGI researcher, is conducting a project on MAR. The project examines the meaning of the different parts of Articles 7 and 17. The aim is to improve the understanding of the rules and to contribute to a more uniform application for Swedish listed companies. As the title suggests, the focus is on listed companies’ disclosure obligation and when, how and where a disclosure should be made in order to comply with MAR.
Bookform
1 January 2023
Swedish Capital Market Review
In an environment of shrinking public equity markets globally, understanding the drivers of the Swedish development and what regulators in Sweden and the EU can do to support and facilitate growth in capital markets is imperative. Partnering with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Swedish Corporate Governance Institute (SCGI) is conducting a six-year study aiming to map and explain the Swedish capital market development for the benefit of policy makers and market actors in their work to further strengthen the market, and to provide a basis for an informed policy discussion in the EU, where the Commission within the Capital Market Union workstream now strive to strengthen EU capital market. Read more about the project here.
OECD
1 February 2022
Private placements in Swedish listed companies
This PhD-project is conducted by the PhD-candidate and SCGI researcher Alexandra Park Larsson and examines capital increases in Swedish listed companies, in particular cases where new shares are sold for cash without offering pre-emptive rights to existing shareholders. The research examines the legal rules regarding shareholders’ preemptive rights to cash share issues and the waiver of these rights within Swedish listed companies. Specifically, the project seeks to determine when non-preemptive cash issues are in line with the Swedish Companies Act and best practice in the Swedish stock market. It examines whether the market practices of Swedish listed companies in relation to such issuances are in line with the existing legislation, thereby shedding light on the functioning of the regulatory framework under consideration.
Bookform
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