Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting
- The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- In Memoriam
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Asia
- 2 Shareholder Voting and Engagement in China
- 3 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Hong Kong
- 4 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in India
- 5 Corporate Governance and Shareholder Engagement Practices in Indonesia: A Shifting Paradigm
- 6 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Japan
- 7 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Singapore
- 8 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in South Korea
- 9 Shareholder Voting and Engagement in Taiwan
- Part II Australia and North America
- Part III Europe
- Part IV Comparative Perspectives
- Index
8 - Shareholder Engagement and Voting in South Korea
from Part I - Asia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 September 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting
- The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- In Memoriam
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Asia
- 2 Shareholder Voting and Engagement in China
- 3 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Hong Kong
- 4 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in India
- 5 Corporate Governance and Shareholder Engagement Practices in Indonesia: A Shifting Paradigm
- 6 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Japan
- 7 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Singapore
- 8 Shareholder Engagement and Voting in South Korea
- 9 Shareholder Voting and Engagement in Taiwan
- Part II Australia and North America
- Part III Europe
- Part IV Comparative Perspectives
- Index
Summary
The Korean government has been reinforcing laws and regulations to improve transparency in the investment structures of large business groups as well as their corporate management, in an effort to strengthen shareholders’ rights in individual companies. In this changing landscape of regulatory environment and capital market, the notion of maintaining effective communication and constructive relationships with domestic and foreign shareholders, including institutional and private investors in the capital market, is gaining importance. Shareholder engagement has gained traction in Korea. Institutional investors have become more active, and listed companies have started to proactively adopt shareholder-friendly policies, seeking to improve corporate governance. The Korea Stewardship Code seems to have played an important part. Institutional investors adopting the Code have demonstrated greater willingness to communicate and engage with their investee companies and to bring about changes in corporate governance. This has in turn helped to enhance shareholder value, as some empirical evidence suggests.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting , pp. 145 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022