According to research on executive compensation released today by The Conference Board, not only have the CEOs of Gamco Investors, CBS Corp, Viacom, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Walt Disney, Yahoo! and Discovery Communications featured on the list of the 25 highest paid executives in America every year since 2012, but their pay has almost always been driven by factors other than the price of their company shares.
State Street Corp.’s asset management head Ron O’ Hanley is calling on directors of public companies to resist the short-term interests of activist investors as they win a growing number of board seats.
FTI Consulting's Global Shareholder Activism Map illustrates how an evolving corporate governance culture and macroeconomic landscape is driving the rise of shareholder activism on the global stage.
In a sign of changing tides, a couple of years ago, a general meeting of a major listed company saw several of the resolutions rejected outright by the shareholders.
Chief executive officers of public companies are increasingly considering deals with private equity firms because of the threat of activist shareholders, Blackstone Group LP’s Joe Baratta said.
by Cydney Posner In its annual survey released Tuesday of more than 800 corporate directors, PwC identified ten key findings, including critical views on other board members, split views on board diversity and skeptical views on the benefits of shareholder engagement. Of the directors surveyed, in 2016, 35% thought that at least one of their board colleagues…
Arjuna, Pax, and Trillium seek data and action on gender pay gaps – and have gotten it from the likes of Apple. Next, they're targeting financial firms.
American social and political discourse attests to widespread concern about whether domestic corporations can be counted on to serve the national interest. This
Board directors list shareholder activism, board diversity, complex regulations, geopolitical impacts, and board member performance among key issues in PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors Survey.
Shareholder activism is gaining momentum abroad. The number of activist campaigns in countries outside the U.S. rose to 221 in 2015 from 165 in 2014 and just 109 in 2013, according to a study by Credit Suisse.
Billionaire activist Paul Elliott Singer is betting Samsung Electronics Co.’s heir apparent is so keen to modernize his family’s empire without losing control that he’ll embrace a complex proposal to break up the company, say people familiar with the matter.
Over the last few years, shareholder activism has continued to gain momentum in geographies that have previously experienced little to no activist campaigns. FTI Consulting’s analysis shows more than 400 …
To get content containing either thought or leadership enter:
To get content containing both thought and leadership enter:
To get content containing the expression thought leadership enter:
You can enter several keywords and you can refine them whenever you want. Our suggestion engine uses more signals but entering a few keywords here will rapidly give you great content to curate.
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
