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What limits shareholder activism as a force for good: the free-rider problem

  • Written by Salvatore Ferraro, PhD candidate, RMIT University
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The board of Australia’s second-biggest bank is in for some stick at its annual general meeting today, as Westpac shareholders vent their displeasure at the scandal involving breaches of anti-money-laundering rules.

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