The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:30:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png The Institutional Investor Stewardship Myth in a Dutch Context – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 The Institutional Investor Stewardship Myth in a Dutch Context https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2014/06/30/the-institutional-investor-stewardship-myth-in-a-dutch-context/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-institutional-investor-stewardship-myth-in-a-dutch-context https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2014/06/30/the-institutional-investor-stewardship-myth-in-a-dutch-context/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:00:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/?p=64234?d=20141215153348EST Posted by June Rhee, Co-editor, HLS Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, on Monday, June 30, 2014
Editor's Note:

The following post comes to us from Daniëlle Melis of Nyenrode Business Universiteit.

The concept of institutional investor stewardship is based on the notion that in publicly listed companies responsibility for corporate governance is shared. The primary responsibility lies with the board, which oversees the actions of its management. Institutional investors in the company are assumed to play an important role in holding the board to account for fulfilling its responsibilities. According to the UK Stewardship Code (2010), effective stewardship is about well-chosen engagement. This means that institutional investors monitor and engage with companies on matters such as strategy, performance, risk, capital structure, and corporate governance, including culture and remuneration. Engagement means having a purposeful dialogue with companies on these matters as well as on issues that are the immediate subject of votes at general meetings.

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