@inbook{d5828b8b12d748769a75e6d6a1f34959,
title = "Shareholder Engagement and Voting in Hong Kong",
abstract = "This chapter has reviewed the rights of shareholders to participate in corporate affairs and engage with companies in Hong Kong. With concentrated ownership, it is unlikely that shareholders can change or influence corporate decisions through voting or engagement. Retail and minority shareholders rarely vote in general meetings. The promulgation in March 2016 of the Principles of Responsible Ownership in Hong Kong raised awareness of shareholder participation amongst large institutional shareholders. Legal means of protecting minority shareholders can help institutional shareholders to leverage their weak voting position when demanding changes in controlled firms. However, resorting to legal means is not affordable to retail investors. Hence, facilitating the online voting of retail shareholders and encouraging participation by institutional shareholders might be the best directions for future shareholder engagement in Hong Kong. {\textcopyright} 2022 Cambridge University Press.",
keywords = "Institutional shareholder, Legal mechanisms, Online voting, Shareholder voting, Stewardship code",
author = "Lin, \{Lauren Yu-Hsin\}",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1017/9781108914383.004",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781108830881",
series = "Cambridge Law Handbooks",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
pages = "45--61",
editor = "Harpreet KAUR and Chao XI and \{VAN DER ELST\}, Christoph and Anne LAFARRE",
booktitle = "The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting",
address = "United Kingdom",
}