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Sep 2 2008 4:50PM EDT

Chart of the Day: Ownership Society

A new Conference Board report shows that direct stock ownership of the 1,000 largest domestic companies by individual investors hit an all-time low of 34 percent in 2006:

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From the FT:

Carolyn Brancato, a co-author of the report, said the rise of institutional ownership meant shareholders were becoming more vocal, organised and activist.
"A lot of retail investors were unlikely to vote their shares against management, but the institutions are more powerful voices and they are speaking up," she said. "In the last 15 years, big funds like Calpers and TIAA-Cref have become dominant in corporate governance issues and are more likely to get into issues of company strategy and remuneration."
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