The foreign institutional investors : The end of the french capitalism traditional organisation ? The first objective of the crossed shareholding system in the French capitalism organisation was to ensure the large groups of firms a stable shareholding and consequently to protect them from foreign investors. This contribution demonstrates that this kind of interfirms relations organisation is today collapsing because of the huge implementation of foreign institutional investors, especially the Anglo-Saxon pension funds, in the capital of the main firms of the CAC 40. This article points out that the application of the corporate governance principles as well as the financial valorization strategies of these pension funds are in complete opposition with the traditional French capitalism organisation.
L’économie mondiale connaît une mutation des systèmes de détention des titres représentatifs de droits de propriété. En France plusieurs travaux ont montré une rupture du modèle d’organisation, caractérisée par : la baisse des participations en fonds propres et des mécanismes corrélatifs de participations croisées ; l’irruption sur le marché financier des investisseurs institutionnels étrangers. Cette rupture laissait augurer un scénario tendanciel où la propriété du capital passait aux mains de détenteurs externes, ainsi que des modifications de gouvernance d’entreprise. Les auteurs s’interrogent alors sur l’impact de ces transformations, tant au plan de la présence effective des investisseurs institutionnels, que des logiques d’action des firmes cotées sur le marché français. Classification JEL : G23, G30
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