The Survey on Share Ownership Structure in Europe is aimed at making further progress in identifying the owners of listed European shares. This is the sixth update of this study, previous versions being published in 1993, 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2004. It represents one of the most successful pieces of research of FESE, which has been quoted in high-level publications like the Financial Times.
Identifying the ownership structure of listed shares in European markets provides a comparison tool useful to highlight the differences between European markets and the progress made in harmonisation. Economic and monetary policy officials as well as academics also find the study useful as it contains data on the financial environment that they may use to forecast future trends.
This edition of the study is the most representative one so far as it covers 26 markets, 6 more than in the previous one and it extends the coverage of Sweden by 15 years. The survey now covers virtually all of Western Europe and a significant representation of Eastern European countries.
