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. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:30:51 +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 How Are Shareholder Rights Evolving: Insights From the 2025 OECD Corporate Governance Factbook – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 How Are Shareholder Rights Evolving: Insights From the 2025 OECD Corporate Governance Factbook https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/05/how-are-shareholder-rights-evolving-insights-from-the-2025-oecd-corporate-governance-factbook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-are-shareholder-rights-evolving-insights-from-the-2025-oecd-corporate-governance-factbook https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/05/how-are-shareholder-rights-evolving-insights-from-the-2025-oecd-corporate-governance-factbook/#respond Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:32:59 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=178395?d=20260105093335EST Posted by Tiziana Londero, OECD, on Monday, January 5, 2026
Editor's Note:

Tiziana Londero is a Policy Analyst at OECD. This post is based on the new 2025 edition of the OECD Corporate Governance Factbook.

As capital markets evolve, so do shareholder rights. Trends such as increasing ownership concentration, the growing dominance of institutional investors and new share structures are reshaping the corporate landscape. While there is widespread consensus that protecting shareholder rights remains a cornerstone of sound corporate governance, the ways in which they are exercised and safeguarded continue to evolve with new market realities.

The latest edition of the OECD Corporate Governance Factbook provides insights into recent developments on shareholder rights globally. It covers all G20 and OECD economies, and for the first time provides detailed country notes on each of them.

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