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This Country Note consolidates information published in the 2025 edition of the OECD Corporate Governance Factbook. Along with the summary of recent developments, it provides an overview of Chile’s corporate governance framework and related information benchmarked against 51 other jurisdictions covered by the Factbook, including all OECD and G20 members.
The information in this document is as of 31 December 2024 unless otherwise specified.
For further details, please refer to the OECD Corporate Governance Factbook 2025.
1. Recent developments (as of 30 June 2025)
Copy link to 1. Recent developments (as of 30 June 2025)In January 2024, the Financial Market Commission (CMF) issued General Rule (GR) 501, which sets forth the minimum information to be included in Routine Operation Policies and regulates the public disclosure of operation with third parties.
In October 2024, GR 519 amended Integrated Annual Reports regulation (see section 3), establishing the adoption of IFRS standards S1 and S2 developed by the ISSB.
Since 2023, supervised entities are gradually adopting the Integrated Annual Report format. Along with more than 70 volunteer entities, 136 entities obliged to adopt this format submitted their 2024 Annual Reports.
In March 2025, the CMF issued GR 533, which sets forth requirements and conditions for independent directors, and regulates director election policies for subsidiaries.
In 2024, the CMF issued several regulations on Corporate Governance and Risk Management: GR 502, applicable to Financial Services Providers within the purview of Law 21521 (Fintech Law); GR 507, applicable to Fund Managers; GR 528, applicable to Securities and Commodities Intermediaries.
In September 2024, the CMF published a policy paper on its mandate on Market Development. Between December 2024 and March 2025, the CMF called for a public consultation on ideas to develop the local capital market. More than 200 proposals were received (including 17 on Corporate Governance) that will be inputs to a policy paper on this topic, in 2026.
The CMF annually publishes the “Gender in the Financial System” report, which accounts for female financial inclusion and participation in leadership positions in the supervised entities.
In recent years, IPOs have been concentrated in growth companies: the segment “ScaleX” of Santiago Stock Exchange, launched in 2022, has hosted 6 IPOs.
2. Global markets and public equity ownership
Copy link to 2. Global markets and public equity ownership2.1. Size of the public equity market
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No. of listed companies in Dec 2024 |
Change since Dec 2021 |
Market capitalisation in Dec 2024 |
Ratio to GDP |
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Chile |
167 |
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1.8% |
USD 163 bn |
49.4% |
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OECD members |
21 618 |
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4.3% |
USD 92 518 bn |
136.5% |
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World |
46 086 |
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11.3% |
USD 124 536 bn |
112.7% |
Note: “World” covers 98 jurisdictions. “OECD members” covers 38 countries.
Source: OECD Capital Market Series Dataset. IMF.
2.2. Public equity ownership by investor category
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Note: “World” covers 98 jurisdictions.
Source: OECD Capital Market Series Dataset.
2.3. Ownership concentration by market
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Note: The share of companies in each jurisdiction where the single largest shareholder and the three largest shareholders own more than 50% of the company’s equity capital. “World” covers 98 jurisdictions.
Source: OECD Capital Market Series Dataset.
3. Corporate governance and institutional framework
Copy link to 3. Corporate governance and institutional framework3.1. Regulatory framework on corporate governance
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Main public regulator |
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The largest stock exchange |
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Main laws and regulations |
3.2. Mechanisms for corporate governance code/principle
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Code/principle |
Practices for Corporate Governance, GR No.385 Contents of Corporate Annual Report. GR No.30 amended by GR No. 461 and No. 519 of CMF |
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Basis for framework |
Law or regulation |
Approach |
Comply or explain |
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Disclosure in annual report |
Required |
Surveillance |
Securities regulator |
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Custodians |
Latest code update |
2024 |
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Issuing body for national monitoring report |
Institute of Directors of Chile “Report of Business Fairness and Corporate Governance”* |
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* Private initiative, voluntarily developed by the involved organisations.
The categories that the jurisdiction fits into are highlighted in blue.
The bold numbers and words indicate country-specific additional information.
The numbers within parentheses indicate the number of jurisdictions applicable to each category.
For further information on the methodologies used for the categorisations, please see the OECD Corporate Governance Factbook 2025.
4. The rights of shareholders and key ownership functions
Copy link to 4. The rights of shareholders and key ownership functions4.1. Shareholders’ rights for the general meeting
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Notice period |
10-15 days (10) 10 days |
20-21 days (20) |
22-28 days (6) |
>28 days (16) |
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Shareholding threshold for placing agenda items* |
<3% (23) |
3-4 % (6) |
5% (22) |
>5% (6) 10% |
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Shareholding threshold for requesting meeting* |
<3% (5) |
3-4 % (4) |
5% (28) |
>5% (20) 10% |
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Deadline for meeting after request |
≤15 days (3) |
16-30 days (14) 30 days |
31- 90 days (26) |
No specific deadline (9) |
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Shares without voting rights with preferential right to dividends |
Allowed (34) |
Issuing share with limit (14) |
Not allowed (3) |
No provision (1) |
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Shares without voting rights and preferential rights to dividends |
Allowed (26) |
Not allowed (14) |
No provision (12) |
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Multiple classes of shares with a different no. of votes each |
Allowed (28) |
Allowed with limit (3) |
Not allowed (14) |
No provision (7) |
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Timing of disclosure of voting result after meeting |
Up to 5 days (32) |
Within 6-15 days (19) 10 days |
Others (1) |
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Provision regarding hybrid shareholder meetings |
Allowed by law/regulation/rule (47) |
Recommendation by code (2) |
No provision (3) |
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Provision regarding virtual shareholder meetings |
Allowed by law/regulation/rule (42) |
Recommendation by code (2) |
No provision/virtual shareholder meetings are not allowed (8) |
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* Some jurisdictions belong to multiple categories because of the additional requirements other than a percentage of shareholding.
4.2. Related party transactions (RPTs)
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Immediate disclosure |
Required (49) |
Not required (3) |
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Periodic disclosure |
Required (45) |
Not required (7) |
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Board approval for certain RPT |
Required (45) |
Not required (7) |
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Shareholder approval for certain RPT |
Required (36) |
Not required (16) |
4.3. Takeover bid rules
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Takeover bid approach* |
Ex-ante (9) |
Ex-post (42) |
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Threshold for mandatory takeover bid* |
<30% (12) |
30-33% (24) |
33-50% (8) |
>50% (2) |
Control over the board and others (5) |
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Minimum bidding price (price paid by offeror) *,** |
Highest in 3-4 months (3) |
Highest in 6 months (14) |
Highest in 12 months (19) |
Other requirement (8) |
No requirement (11) |
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Minimum bidding price (market price) *,** |
Average in 1-3 months (6) |
Average in 6 months (9) |
Average in 12 months (2) |
Other requirement (11) |
No requirement (29) |
* Jurisdictions where mandatory takeover bid rules exist are included.
** Some jurisdictions belong to multiple categories.
4.4. Stewardship and fiduciary responsibilities
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National frameworks |
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Institutional investors |
Disclosure on voting policies |
Law/regulation/rule (23) |
Both (Law/regulation/rule and code) (11) |
Code (4) |
Code and industry association requirement (1) |
Industry association requirement (1) |
Comply or explain (6) |
No provision (6) |
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Policy of conflicts of interest |
Law/regulation/rule (28) |
Both (Law/regulation/rule and code) (14) |
Code (3) |
Industry association requirement (2) |
Comply or explain (4) |
No provision (1) |
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Disclosure on conflicts of interest |
Law/regulation/rule (19) |
Both (Law/regulation/rule and code) (12) |
Code (1) |
Industry association requirement (1) |
Comply or explain (6) |
No provision (13) |
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Constructive engagement |
Law/regulation/rule (15) |
Both (Law/regulation/rule and code) (4) |
Code (4) |
Industry association requirement (2) |
Comply or explain (5) |
No provision (22) |
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Proxy advisors |
Disclosure on voting policies |
Law/regulation/rule (16) |
Both (Law/regulation/rule and code) (2) |
Code (3) |
Comply or explain (3) |
No provision (28) |
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Policy of conflicts of interest |
Law/regulation/rule (20) |
Both (Law/regulation/rule and code) (1) |
Code (3) |
Comply or explain (3) |
No provision (25) |
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Disclosure on conflicts of interest |
Law/regulation/rule (20) |
Both (Law/regulation/rule and code) (1) |
Code (3) |
Comply or explain (3) |
No provision (25) |
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4.5. Company groups
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Disclosure on beneficial owners |
Mandatory to public (38) |
Mandatory to the regulator only (7) |
Mandatory to the regulator and voluntary to public (4) |
Voluntary to public (1) |
Absence of mandatory/voluntary disclosure provisions (2) |
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Disclosure on shareholder agreements |
Mandatory to public (39) |
Mandatory to the regulator only (2) |
Absence of mandatory/voluntary disclosure provisions (11) |
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Disclosure on cross shareholdings |
Mandatory to public (24) |
Mandatory to the regulator only (2) |
Voluntary to public (1) |
Absence of mandatory/voluntary disclosure provisions (25) |
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5. The board of directors
Copy link to 5. The board of directors5.1. Basic board structures and independence
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Board structure |
One-tier system(24) | Optional for one-tier and two-tier system (18) | Two-tier system(7) | Multiple options with hybrid system (3) | |||
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Separation of CEO and board chair |
Separation is required (14) | Separation is recommended (16) | Incentive mechanism (2) | Not required/ recommended (10) | |||
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Appointment of independent directors |
Regulation* |
1 person (4)** | 2-3 persons (12) | 20-30% (4) | 33% (9) | ≥50% (6) | Not applicable (22) |
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Code* |
1 person (1) | 2-3 persons (5) | 20-30% (1) | 33% (8) | ≥50% (20) | Not applicable (22) | |
* Some jurisdictions belong to multiple categories.
** Only if it has listed equity above 1.5 million inflation linked units (USD 58 million), and at least 12.5% of its shares with voting rights are owned by shareholders who do not individually own or control more than 10% of such shares.
5.2. Board-level committees
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Setting audit committee (AC) |
Law/regulation/rule (45) |
Code (7) |
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Setting nomination committee (NC) |
Law/regulation/rule (12) |
Code (32) |
No provision (8) |
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Setting remuneration committee (RC) |
Law/regulation/rule (16) |
Code (29) |
No provision (7) |
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AC member independence |
Regulation |
1-3 persons (7) |
Majority (22) |
100% (9) |
Not applicable (14) |
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Code |
1-3 persons (1) |
Majority (10) |
100% (2) |
Not applicable (39) |
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NC member independence |
Regulation |
1-3 persons (3) |
Majority (7) |
100% (2) |
Not applicable (40) |
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Code |
1-3 persons (2) |
Majority (20) |
100% (2) |
Not applicable (28) |
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RC member independence |
Regulation |
1-3 persons (3) |
Majority (10) |
100% (2) |
Not applicable (37) |
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Code |
1-3 persons (2) |
Majority (13) |
100% (10) |
Not applicable (27) |
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Risk management role of AC |
Law/regulation/rule (27) |
Code (15) |
No provision (10) |
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5.3. Auditor independence, accountability and oversight
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Professional auditor bodies |
Chilean Association of Accountants (Contach) |
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Public oversight body |
Financial Market Commission (CMF) |
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Approval of external auditor by shareholders |
Law/regulation (47) |
No provision (5) |
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Recommendation or nomination of auditor by AC |
Law/regulation/rule (46) |
Code (5) |
No provision (1) |
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Reviewing the auditor’s scope by AC |
Law/regulation/rule (41) |
Code (8) |
No provision (3) |
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5.4. Board nomination and election
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Majority voting |
Required (42) |
Not required (10) |
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Qualification for board candidates |
Law/regulation/rule (11) |
Both law/regulation/rule and code (5) |
Code (22) |
No provision (14) |
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Info to shareholders on candidates’ qualifications |
Law/regulation/rule (26) |
Both law/regulation/rule and code (6) |
Code (14) |
No provision (6) |
5.5. Board and key executive remuneration
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Criteria on structure of board remuneration |
Required (28) |
Recommended (23) |
No provision (1) |
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Long-term incentive for board |
Law/regulation/rule (18) |
Code (17) |
No provision (17) |
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Shareholder approval on remuneration policy |
Binding, vote required (28)* |
Binding, vote recommended (1) |
Advisory, vote required (10) |
Advisory, vote recommended (3) |
Choice between approval or articles of association (4) |
No provision (6) |
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Shareholder approval of level of remuneration |
Binding, vote required (28)* |
Binding, vote recommended (1) |
Advisory, vote required (14) |
Advisory, vote recommended (2) |
Choice between approval or articles of association (3) |
No provision (4) |
* Binding for board members’ policy and remunerations.
5.6. Gender composition on boards and in senior management
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Women’s participation in 2024 |
Boards of directors |
24% |
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Managerial positions |
29.9% |
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Gender diversity on boards |
Quota |
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Target |
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Disclosure on gender composition of boards |
Law/regulation/rule (34) |
Code (4) |
No provision (14) |
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6. Corporate sustainability
Copy link to 6. Corporate sustainability6.1. Sustainability-related disclosure
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Key resources |
General Rule (GR) No. 30, amended by GR No. 461 and No. 519 of CMF. |
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Sustainability disclosure |
Law/regulation (41) |
Listing rules (6) |
Code (4) |
Relevant provision without specific requirement or recommendation (1) |
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Disclosure standards |
IFRS Sustainability Standards (9) |
European Sustainability Reporting Standards (24) |
Other international standards (4) |
Other local standards (6)* |
No provision (9) |
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Primary users |
Investors (9) |
Multiple Stakeholders (33) |
No provision (10) |
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Sustainability matters |
All material sustainability matters (44) |
Only climate-related matters (2) |
No provision (6) |
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* Based on GRI, TCFD, Integrated Reporting, SASB metrics and IFRS Sustainability Standards.
6.2. Sustainability governance
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Board responsibilities for sustainability |
Law/regulation (20) |
Listing rules (5) |
Code (12) |
No provision (15) |
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Key resources |
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6.3. ESG rating agencies and index providers
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ESG rating and index providers* |
Framework for ESG ratings (32) | Framework for index providers (31) | No provision (17) |
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Disclosure of methodologies |
Law/regulation (29) | Code (4) | No provision (19) |
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Disclosure of management of conflicts of interest policy |
Law/regulation (30) | Code (4) | No provision (18) |
* Some jurisdictions belong to multiple categories.
6.4. Sustainability-related assurance
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Framework |
Law/regulation (31) | Code (1) | Public consultation/ active consideration (9) | No provision or consultation (11)** | ||||
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Assurance service providers* |
Statutory auditors (21) | Service providers with accreditation by a public organisation (11) | Other service providers (3) | No provision (1) | ||||
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Level of assurance* |
Limited assurance currently or planned (33) | Reasonable assurance currently or planned (6) | No provision (2) | |||||
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Key resources |
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* Some jurisdictions belong to multiple categories.
** While sustainability assurance is not mandatory, General Rule No. 30 compels supervised entities to disclose in their annual report whether ESG information has undergone independent assurance, specifying the scope of the review and the standard applied.
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