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Intermediaries control corporate America

By John Schroy, on February 24th, 2006 | Leave a comment
Decline in Direct Equity Ownership

The percentage of equities belonging to households and nonprofit corporations increased from 42.8% to 55.4% between December 1995 and December 2004.

Over 55% of the equity shares of US corporations which belong, in the final analysis, to US households and nonprofit organizations, are held indirectly through intermediaries, such as life insurance companies, private pension funds, government retirement funds, and mutual funds.

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