The Corporate Forum
102 B.U. L. Rev. 1861 (2022).
17 Pages Posted: 17 Aug 2022 Last revised: 21 Feb 2023
Date Written: August 16, 2022
Abstract
In this response to Professor Jill Fisch’s article "GameStop and the Reemergence of the Retail Investor," we focus on one of the risks associated with the growth of retail investing that Fisch surveys, uncontrolled information sourcing. Drawing on our work on retail investors, we revisit an instrument dear to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, whose potential has not been unleashed so far, the corporate forum. Our response succinctly discusses the main mechanics of the corporate forum, the benefits the corporate forum could provide, and the feasibility hurdles that might undermine the success of corporate forums.
Keywords: retail investors, corporate governance, SEC, corporate forum, shareholder e-forum, investing platforms, Robinhood, social media, Millennials, GenZ
JEL Classification: K2, K20, K22
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