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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