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, 17 May 2026 11:30:53 +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 Institutional Investor Engagement and Stewardship – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Institutional Investor Engagement and Stewardship https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/07/institutional-investor-engagement-and-stewardship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=institutional-investor-engagement-and-stewardship https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/07/institutional-investor-engagement-and-stewardship/#respond Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:32:36 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=178323?d=20260106142257EST Posted by Adriana De La Cruz, Caio de Oliveira and Hitesh Tank, OECD, on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Editor's Note:

Caio de Oliveira is the Head of the Sustainable Finance and Corporate Governance Team, and Adriana De La Cruz and Hitesh Tank are Policy Analysts at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This post is based on their OECD report.

The evolution of the institutional investor landscape

The OECD Institutional Investor Engagement and Stewardship report examines how institutional investors engage with listed companies and how effective stewardship can strengthen the long-term efficiency and resilience of capital markets.

Institutional investors play a key role in capital market efficiency by supporting price discovery, capital allocation, and corporate discipline. Asset managers hold 65% and 59% of the listed equity in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively, and they hold at least 30% of the listed equity in several other advanced markets (Figure 1). The increased ownership by asset managers is also visible in emerging markets such as South Africa (28%), Brazil (23%) and India (21%). Asset owner institutions hold 41% of the listed equity in Luxembourg and at least 10% in several other markets.

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