VIP (Vereinigung Institutionelle Privatanleger) eV
VIP (Vereinigung Institutionelle Privatanleger) eV: VIPsight Newsletter March 2015
The German Mittelstand Poor old Europe. Some 80 percent of investments in European SMEs are still funded by banks while entrepreneurs seek a mere fifth of overall SME capital requirements on capital markets. In the United States the situation is the exact opposite, with 80 percent of companies resorting to capital markets for the funding they need. EU Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, intends to turn this situation round. Hopefully, European companies will be attracted enough by the easier terms of the unified framework of conditions to place shares, bonds or other financial instruments on the capital market. In Brussels, the project has been k nown for some time as “The Union of capital markets”. Read more on vipsight.eu Buhlmann’s Corner Companies begin to develop negative market worth and absorb it into the fabric of their market capital when instead of attacking markets or competitors the actions they pursue cause harm to their own shareholders. Read more on vipsight.eu VIPsight Spain As the Ibex 35 stockholders’ general meetings during 2015 will soon begin to be held, I would like to report on a number of curiosities that occur among some of them. One of the most important rights shareholders have is the right to information. According to Article 197 Paragraph 2 of the Joint Stock Companies Act (Ley de Sociedades de Capital), shareholders are entitled to verbally request information or clarification during the general meeting, if they consider their request sufficiently related to one of the agenda’s items. In most Spanish companies’ general meetings shareholders are required to identify before a notary, giving their full name, the number of shares they hold and the shares they represent. Read more on vipsight.eu VIPsight America – USA As the Ibex 35 stockholders’ general meetings during 2015 will soon begin to be held, I would like to report on a number of curiosities that occur among some of them. One of the most important rights shareholders have is the right to information. According to Article 197 Paragraph 2 of the Joint Stock Companies Act (Ley de Sociedades de Capital), shareholders are entitled to verbally request information or clarification during the general meeting, if they consider their request sufficiently related to one of the agenda’s items. In most Spanish companies’ general meetings shareholders are required to identify before a notary, giving their full name, the number of shares they hold and the shares they represent. Read more on vipsight.eu End of Media Release Issuer: VIP (Vereinigung Institutionelle Privatanleger) eV Key word(s): Finance 2015-03-27 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP – a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de |
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