What should be the rights of investors?
All shareholders including institutional investors must be enabled to exercise ownership rights so as to influence the companies in which they own shares. As part of this, the Principles advocate that shareholders rights include participating in the nomination and election of board members, as well as in the removal of board members. They should be able to make their views known about executive and board remuneration policy. Any equity component of remuneration should be subject to their approval.
