This first result seminar will present first results from an ongoing project based on a unique data set provided by a large UK asset manager, Standard Life Investments – seeking to answer questions like:

* What are the internal governance and stewardship workings of a large active owner?

* How do voice and exit interact in practice?

* How does corporate governance influence fund manager decisions?

* Does voice and exit matter for performance?

Registration: 17:00
Session: 17:30 – 19:30
Drinks reception: 19:30 – 20:00

Presenters:

* Professor Marco Becht (Solvay Brussels School, CEPR and ECGI)

* Professor Julian Franks (London Business School, CEPR and ECGI)

* Professor Hannes Wagner (Bocconi)

Panel:

* Professor Colin Mayer CBE FBA, Oxford University, CEPR and ECGI

* John Kay CBE FRSE FBA, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics

* Sir Richard Lambert, Chairman of the British Museum and of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

* Keith Skeoch, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Life plc

* Euan Stirling, Head of Stewardship and ESG Investment, Standard Life Investments

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