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U.K. companies are more likely to be targeted by activist investors than those in Germany, France, Scandinavia and Switzerland, according to Alvarez & Marsal Inc. 
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"Investor activism has become “a widely accepted approach” that is no longer the preserve of aggressive hedge funds but is now a tactic used by a host of traditional institutional shareholders, bankers at JP Morgan have said."
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The attack on the board of Ardent Leisure orchestrated by Gary Weiss and Kevin Seymour is a text book example of shareholder activism at its best.
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Nancy May tackles the issue of sustaining high performance boards. A leading expert in the field, she speaks to the challenges and opportunities this presents. In her words: "In these times, boards need to be more dynamic than they are today, if they want to continue to succeed. Life term directors and board "continuity" are no longer the prime means of keeping a board strong. Boards need to "refresh" and "re-balance" in response to changing business environments."
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As noted by Kingsdale Advisors in a recently published report, corporate directors and their legal advisors continue to pay insufficient attention to shareholder activism in M&A. Canada Corporate/Commercial Law Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP 26 Jun 2017
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The recent Board Leadership Forum hosted by Equilar and Nasdaq shined a light on how boards can better communicate with investors.
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The Agency Problems of Institutional Investors by Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, Scott Hirst :: SSRNWe analyze how the rise of institutional investors has transformed the governance landscape. While corporate ownership is now concentrated in the hands of insti
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The main agency problem traditionally existing in the US corporation has been the risk of opportunism of managers vis-à-vis shareholders while the primary conce
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Corporate boards are finding that offense may be the best defense when it comes to dealing with shareholder activism.
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Europe is far from the Far West, but according to ESSEC Professor Viviane de Beaufort, Director of the European Center for Law and Economics (CEDE), shots have started flying! Point of view by Viviane de Beaufort in collaboration with Caroline Riesco and Mahamadou Niakate. Qualifying shareholder activism -- when investors attempt to use their rights as…
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The first half of 2017 has produced a string of CEO departures and successions
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Improving the world through disruptive innovation.
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Is shareholder activism on environmental and social issues driven by a quest for shareholder value maximisation or do sponsors of environmental and social propo
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American hedge funds are taking their aggressive strategies overseas and finding more acceptance from international shareholders.
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In recent years, there has been significant growth in shareholder activism. These “activist shareholders” are fund managers (typically hedge funds) wh
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Direct institutional shareholder engagement on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues has become increasingly important. We show that ESG shareholder
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Report points to rise of investor activism in bid to hold corporates to account.
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TOKYO -- The number of proposals to be submitted by shareholders to corporate annual meetings in Japan is set to reach an all-time high this year, wit
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No one can predict when disaster will strike—but knowing what to expect if it does will buy precious time.
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Shareholder activism – in the form of both headline-grabbing proxy contests and the new, quieter engagement between boards and shareholders – has been on an upward trend in Canada for the past 10 years.
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In CEO succession planning, corporate boards are increasingly choosing to appoint new CEOs from outside the company, and they’re seeing better results.
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Boards are expanding beyond conventional governance to include strategy development, talent management, and shareholder relations. Leading boards recognize that they bear responsibility for allocating resources, and board directors must be increasingly aware of the strategic options available.
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