INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS IN THE LARGEST POLISH CAPITAL COMPANIES – THEORY AND PRACTICE

The Polish and foreign literature emphasize the role of institutional investorsas entities affecting corporate supervision. The objective of the paper is to present andsystemize issues related with the definition and classification of institutional investors.The empirical part includes a presentation of the ownership structure of the 20 largestPolish public companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on the WIG 20 Indexwith the stress on institutional investors.