European Corporate Governance Season Review 2022

During early phases of the pandemic, market practitioners pondered if the pertaining market regulatory changes would withstand the interim period or if another mass wave of COVID-19 would result in a subsequent market crash.

But now, more than two years since the first lockdown in Europe, we have identified patterns that indicate a return to normalcy within the capital markets.

In producing this report, S&P Global's ESG, Corporate Governance and M&A Advisory team noticed year-on-year average AGM vote results have followed a stable pattern. This is indicative of a newfound normalcy, where the residual effects of the pandemic are slowly fading and market participants have acclimatised to changed environments. Each market chapter explores familiar and emerging trends within the EMEA markets, reflecting a shift in priorities and attitudes in the post-pandemic era.

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Authors: Evdokia Petrakopoulou, Thomas von Oehsen, Benoit Belliat, Ahmed Suliman, Julia Heitzenberger, Sandro Barbato, Paula Graullera Castillejos, Helen Wood-Gush, Sara Abbasi & Braedon Lehman.

Other contributors: Alex Dawson, Kelly Stewart & Aditya Jhaveri.

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This article was published by S&P Global Market Intelligence and not by S&P Global Ratings, which is a separately managed division of S&P Global.