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. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:10:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Shareholder Rights Under Pressure – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Shareholder Rights Under Pressure https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/10/05/shareholder-rights-under-pressure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shareholder-rights-under-pressure https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/10/05/shareholder-rights-under-pressure/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:30:09 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=184170?d=20261002161418EDT Posted by Carine Smith Ihenacho, Snorre Gjerde, and Deena Elmeged, Norges Bank Investment Management, on Monday, October 5, 2026
Editor's Note:

Carine Smith Ihenacho is Chief Governance and Compliance Officer; Snorre Gjerde is Policy Lead and Deena Elmeged is Senior Investment Stewardship Manager at Norges Bank Investment Management. This post is based on their NBIM memorandum.

Our view

  • We are concerned that shareholder rights are weakening in many markets, putting investor confidence and long-term value creation at risk.
  • Robust shareholder rights underpin well-functioning public equity markets.
  • Protecting shareholder rights is a shared responsibility for regulators, stock exchanges, index providers, companies and investors.
  • We will step up our own engagements with markets participants on shareholder rights.

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