Gouvernance d'entreprises

The 2019 edition of the Factbook describes corporate governance practices in 49 countries by providing an easily accessible and up-to-date, factual underpinning for understanding countries’ institutional, legal and regulatory frameworks. It complements the G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance by tracking how countries are actually implementing them.

The future prosperity of Italian households will to a large extent depend on how successfully their savings can be channelled to long-term investments in the real economy that create good jobs and sustainable growth. Drawing on the strengths of Italian corporations and experiences from important global developments in capital markets, the OECD Capital Market Review of Italy offers policy recommendations to improve the institutional and regulatory framework in a way that will give Italian business better access to funding and households more opportunities to diversify their savings.

Corporate bond markets have become a major source of financing for non-financial companies. A new OECD report, Corporate Bond Market Trends, Emerging Risks and Monetary Policy, analyses recent developments and emerging risks in corporate bond issuance. Covering both advanced economies and emerging markets, the report provides new data showing that, in comparison to previous credit cycles, today's stock of outstanding corporate bonds has lower overall credit quality, higher payback requirements, longer maturities and inferior investor protection.