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Why we need to rethink the UK's approach to corporate governance regulation

My keynote speech at the University of Sheffield UKIERI-CRAFiC Workshop on Financial Development and  Corporate Governance in Emerging Market Economies is available from here, I argue that the three pillars of UK corporate governance, i.e. boards of directors, institutional investors and the "comply or explain" approach, need to be revisited.

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