• Journal of East Asia Management
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.33-46
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• 2024

This study examines the relationship between institutional investors' shareholder activism and their performance, focusing particularly on the adoption of stewardship codes. The stewardship code includes guidelines for institutional investors to effectively fulfill the role of trustees and strengthen relationships with investee companies, with core elements such as enhancing shareholder rights. By analyzing the performance of institutional investors following the introduction of stewardship codes, this study aims increase understanding of the motivations behind institutional investors' active shareholder activism and the importance of stewardship codes. The study analyzes the relationship between the introduction of stewardship codes and the fidelity of voting rights exercised by asset management companies. According to the analysis, asset management companies that have adopted stewardship codes demonstrate higher performance compared to those that have not, particularly in terms of ROA performance. The result suggests a positive effect of stewardship adoption.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.183-191
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• 2022

The Korea Stewardship Code 'Principles on the Fiduciary Responsibilities of Institutional Investors' was introduced in 2016 and the National Pension Service adopted it in 2018. the National Pension Service casted 'dessent' vote on the agenda which is able to reduce the ownership interest of shareholder in general meeting. This paper examines whether 'dissent' voting affected on the ownership interest of shareholder or not. The 'dissent' vote on the agenda are related to revision artical of corperation, appointment or compensation of director and auditor, approval of financial statements ect. The proxies of earnings management is discretionary accruals calculated by modified Jones model. The control variablies are size of assets, liabilities per assets, returns on assets. The results of this study are as followings. First, the 'dissent' voting on the agenda are related to revision artical of corperation, M&A, approval of financial statements ect. are not significant because their sample size is too small, Second, the 'dissent' voting on appointment of director and auditor affected on reduction of discretionary accruals. So the National Pension Service activism shall affect on increasing the ownership interest of shareholder. Third, the 'dissent' voting on compensation of director and auditor is not affected on reduction of discretionary accruals. This results show that 'unconditional dissent voting' on the agenda in general meeting is not to reduce the ownership interest of shareholder.

• Venture DIGEST
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• s.109
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• pp.38-39
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• 2007

이른바 주주행동주의(shareholder activism)의 바람이 날로 거세지고 있다. 주주행동주의란, 과거 주주들이 배당금이나 시세차익에만 주력하던 태도에서 벗어나 적극적으로 기업지배구조에 영향력을 행사하면서 그들의 이익을 추구하는 경향을 말한다. 주주들은 경영성과나 임원선임 등 지배구조뿐만 아니라 기업의 사회적 책임을 요구하는 움직임도 보이고 있다. 이러한 경향은 우리 주식시장에서 외국인 투자비율이 높아지면서 더욱 뚜렷해지고 있다. 외국인 투자자들은 상당수가 국제 투자자본으로서, 그들은 투자수익을 극대화하는 방안의 하나로서 주주행동주의를 활용하고 있다. 주주들의 이러한 경향은 앞으로도 더욱 강화될 것으로 보인다. 주주들은 지배구조 개선이나 경영권 교체에 대한 영향력 행사를 통해 기업가치를 높일 수 있다는 것을 직접 체험한 것이다. 따라서 본 호에서는 주주행동주의의 법적인 구현이라고 할 수 있는 소액주주의 권리들에 대해 살펴보기로 한다.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.97-129
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• 2006

This study investigates whether dynamic loan loss provisioning is necessary in Korean banking environments. Under the dynamic provisioning rule banks are required to accumulate additional reserves to general and specific provisionings in preparation for expected loan losses until maturity. This provisioning is most effective in the case that banks tend to recognize less loan losses in the business upturns and/or in the periods of increasing profits. The empirical study, however, shows that banks support procyclicality of loan loss privisioning and earning smoothing behavior over profit fluctuations. These findings suggest that Korea would not seriously need the introduction of dynamic loan loss provisioning. But this policy implication does not seem robust in view that the recent experience shows the countercyclicality of loan loss provisioning practices and negative correlation between earnings and provisioning after financial restructuring was completed. This result is partly attributable to vigorous shareholder activism because of high foreign ownership of most commercial banks. Once it is true that bank management is more interested in short-term performances, current loan loss provisioning would have attributes of impairing capital adequacy, hence strengthening loan loss provisiong requirements.