The Realities of Stewardship for Institutional Owners, Activist Investors and Proxy Advisors

Date

Location

Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington DC

The theme of the tenth conference in the series which took place in Washington D.C. at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, 3rd December 2013 was The Realities of Stewardship for Institutional Owners, Activist Investors and Proxy Advisors.  


With Lithuania holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the organisers are most grateful for the support of the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington and for sponsorship of the 2013 conference by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)


 

Programme

Tuesday, 3 December 2013
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Registration and coffee

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Welcome

Speaker

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Session 2 - Activist Shareholders and Shareholder Value: Long Term v. Short Term

Moderator

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Coffee and tea

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Session 3 - The European perspective

Speaker

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Lunch

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Session 5 - Proxy Advisors: Do they wield too much influence? Whether and how to regulate - the lessons from Europe

Moderator

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Coffee and tea

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Session 6 - Say on Pay: Is it working? How far should it go?

Speakers

Ronald Gilson

Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business
Columbia Law School & Stanford Law School
Fellow, Research Member

David Larcker

James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Research Member

Jeffrey Gordon

Richard Paul Richman Professor of Law and Co-Director, Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership
Columbia Law School
Fellow, Research Member

Jill Fisch

Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Research Member

Randall Thomas

John S. Beasley Professor of Law and Business
Vanderbilt University Law School and Owen School of Management
Research Member

Marco Becht

Professor of Finance and the Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance
Solvay Brussels School for Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
Fellow, Research Member
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