Index funds invest in stock corporations listed in an index. But how do they use their influence? Is it beneficial or does it need to be regulated? Max A. Winterhalder examines these questions from a corporate law perspective by comparing German with Delaware law and evaluating the engagement policies of influential index funds.
Index funds invest in stock corporations listed in an index. But how do they use their influence? Is it beneficial or does it need to be regulated? Max A. Winterhalder examines these questions from a corporate law perspective by comparing German with Delaware law and evaluating the engagement policies of influential index funds.
Max A. Winterhalder
Geboren 1994; Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Bucerius Law School und der University of Miami; 2018 Erstes juristisches Staatsexamen; 2019-21 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Bürgerliches Recht, Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Rechtstheorie an der Bucerius Law School; 2020 Visiting Researcher an der UCLA School of Law; 2021 Promotion; seit 2021 Rechtsreferendar am Hanseatischen Oberlandesgericht.
Passiv ETF Exchange Traded Fund horizontal shareholding common ownership