On becoming an activist board!

KPMG South Africa sets a potential example of how shareholders can attack the soft underbelly of private sector state capture enablers.

A new generation of activist investors is cleaning up boardrooms. Matthew Partridge looks at how this can benefit ordinary shareholders – and how to invest alongside them.

Reform is the carrot; activist investors are the stick.

Activist investing has been gaining momentum in the boardroom, but, according to Lenkov, there has also been a rise in activist investors suggesting management changes in addition to board changes.

TOKYO -- A well-known U.S. activist investor has raised its stake in a Hitachi unit up for sale, a potential sign that the fund sees the Japanese stoc

THE BUSINESS TIMES Opinion - REGULATORY and market enforcement are complements, not substitutes.. Read more at The Business Times.

CalPERS is stepping up efforts to increase the number of women on corporate boards.

Activist investors love to shake up corporate boards, but these activists are making board more white and more male, and this trend could be hurting their returns.

There were 758 shareholder requests against public companies in 2016, nearly double the number in 2013. How have these formerly niche campaigns gained such momentum?

Reform is the carrot; activist investors are the stick.

Part of it is that the Canadian market is a comparatively target rich environment, due to a historically lower rate of activism than in the US. All of this makes Canada an attractive environment for US and other offshore shareholder activists to investigate.

Thyssenkrupp’s move to join its European steel operations with those of Tata Steel paves the way for a more investor-friendly structure but investors shouldn’t bank on speedy results.

Activism growth has been charted at least in part by the ability of funds to target big companies...It turns out that wasn’t exactly the case this year.

Once thought of as renegades on the periphery of the market, activist investors are now big players and increasingly building controlling stakes in some of the world’s long established corporations. Activism is decidedly mainstream, and there’s so much money and attention flowing the activists’ way that it begs the question: are they really adding value? Can those in Asset Management …

Shareholder activists say they shake up companies by bringing in new ideas. What they don't bring, it turns out, is women. Or people of color.

Activism at Public Companies Erodes Gender, Racial and Ethnic Diversity, but also Results in Younger, More Independent Boards Webinar on September 7th at 11 AM

Shareholder activism has evolved from the leveraged raiders of the 80s to a more collaborative approach, without losing its assertiveness of purpose. The big picture changes in the world have aided this shift. Good governance has become a mantra for …