Due either to weak investor protection or legitimate business reasons, ownership of publicly listed companies in many markets - Argentina, Greece, Italy, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and mainland China, for example - is highly concentrated in the hands of one or a few controlling shareholders.
Because controlling shareholders typically have control power over firms significantly in excess of their cash flow rights, primarily through the use of pyramids and participation in management, they have a direct conflict of interest with minority shareholders.
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