Definition: Shares by owner

Category: Business registers

Recording % share ownership is important for identifying indirect control links (or checking the information available in sources). In Direct Investment statistics, as reported in the balance of payments, shareholdings of over 10 % are considered. It is also useful in identifying associate relationships and trade interest links and thus helps in dealing with monopolies policy. Recording shares below 10 % (portfolio investment) is likely to be too burdensome for register updating http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-32-10-216-EN-C-EN.pdf