Equity Swaps and Disclosure of Shareholding of Major Shareholders

• Main Author: CHEN, Christopher Chao-hung
• Format: text
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: equity swap; disclosure; derivative; merger and acquisition; Commercial Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/508
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Equity swaps are derivative instruments linking to the performance of stocks or stock indices. In theory, equity swaps would result in the separation of economic interests of shareholders from their stock ownership. Equity swaps have also been used as a weapon in a battle for corporate control in ot...