Inwestorzy instytucjonalni w systemie nadzoru korporacyjnego w Rosji – wstępne wyniki badań
Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance System in Russia

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of the article is to discuss the initial results of research concerning institutional investors participation in corporate governance in Russia. Institutional investors play significant role in capital markets of selected developed economies. Their role is rising in developing economies, including Central and Eastern Europe, too. Development of institutional investors in Russia was possible mainly because of privatization process. At the beginning, in Russia there were created cheque investment funds. Their role in corporate governance development wasn’t significant because of the dominant position of managers and banks. The first decade of 21st century, despite of financial market development and economic prosperity until 2008, the role of institutional investors in corporate sector wasn’t significant, too. The article contains the own research results if ownership structure in the biggest public companies in Russia. They present the relative low participation of institutional investors in ownership. Their role in corporate governance is restricted because of strong position of dominant shareholders, combination of ownership and control and relative low standards of complying the minority shareholders rights.

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