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August 9, 2018 10:06 AM
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From the non-existent public documents and the lack of information that merger arbitrageurs live for--known as "rumortrage”--it is very hard to take Musk’s tweets seriously.
Canadian miner Nevsun Resources Ltd on Thursday asked its shareholders to turn down a hostile C$1.4 billion ($1.07 billion) offer made by rival Lundin Mining Corp.
A recent Delaware Court of Chancery opinion serves as a stark reminder of the information that must be included in appraisal notices delivered pursuant to Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. As explained in the opinion, merely providing notice of a merger and the existence of appraisal rights is not sufficient.
This proxy season we are seeing enhanced disclosure around board composition, gains in board gender diversity and more companies disclosing investor engagement.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of insider trading charges against Congressman Christopher Collins, the U.S. Representative for New York’s 27th Congressional District, his son, Cameron Collins, and a third individual, Stephen Zarsky. In a parallel action, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York today announced related criminal charges.
How did investors vote in this year's shareholder meetings? A clue: Nine shareholder proposals on environmental subjects received more than 50 percent shareholder support. That’s just one trend to watch. Our latest Governance Watch webcast, "Post-Proxy Season Review," focuses on shareholders’ 2018 priorities and their likely impact.
News and information company holds steady course in second quarter
Canada’s largest auto parts maker has edged down its full-year estimates for sales, margins and other key metrics
Despite the central role of government regulation in academic inquiry and policy evaluation, there is no universally accepted way to measure how changes in regulatory complexity and intensity affect private industry at different times. This lack of a standard methodological approach to measuring regulatory burdens on companies has limited the extent to which researchers can generalize and compare results of studies that consider particular regulations, industries, or time periods. There is a strong need for a standard approach that is theoretically and empirically grounded and difficult to manipulate.
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk had opened a discussion with the board last week about taking the company private, some board members said in a statement on Wednesday.
As the trend of Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) investing has risen, so too has the influence and relative importance of ESG rating agencies. With an increasing focus on social corporate responsibility, the ability to project a positive image around ESG-related topics is critical. As such, more companies have begun making select and unaudited disclosures in an effort to attract ESG-investing capital. The arbiters for obtaining this capital are the major ESG rating agencies.
California has made headlines this summer with legislative action toward instituting gender quotas for boards of directors of public companies headquartered in the state. The legislation has passe…
Anecdotal evidence, experts and research all agree that successful value investors are contrarian, patient, disciplined, unconstrained and skeptical.
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What do lawyers do when they reach a certain age but wish to stay professionally engaged? In some cases, after monetizing their ownership stake, they become general counsel at either their current firm – or a new firm.
But if you are veteran lawyer with almost four decades of experience and a career that has been spent providing advice on numerous merger and acquisition battles and on proxy fights, then one option is to hang your shingle out and advertise a new business that would seem to combine all the skills and knowledge that has been acquired.
The market for corporate debt does not immediately lend itself to the same kind of “activism” found in equity markets. Bondholders, unlike shareholders, do not elect a company’s board or vote on major transactions. Rather, their relationship with their borrower is governed primarily by contract. Investors typically buy corporate debt in the hope that, without any action on their part, the company will meet its obligations, including payment in full at maturity.
The pathologies of influential corporate insiders with a significant equity stake were on full display during Oracle’s 2016 acquisition of industry rival NetSuite. Larry Ellison, Oracle’s long-time Chief Executive Officer and dominant figure, played a major role in choosing the acquisition target. Normally, Ellison’s involvement should lay to rest any doubts entertained by Oracle shareholders regarding the deal’s wisdom.
WBA Stock Buyback Proposal is my latest submission in an attempt to address CEO pay and long-term performance. As mentioned previously (Stock Buyback: Shareholder Initiative) this is a new type of proposal for me. I welcomed feedback from readers and certainly got it. The wording of this proposal is substantially better, thanks to your many suggestions!
The commission has called for technical advice on measures to apply sustainability risk assessments to investment decisions.
The Global Leadership Forecast is the largest research study of its kind, examining the state and business impact of leadership development practices and leader experiences within and across organizations in major industries and economies around the globe.
The massive retail landlord already has about a dozen cannabis leases in Alberta and two with the Ontario government’s Ontario Cannabis Store
Watchdog wants to close gaps in system in wake of Sequoia bankruptcy that left thousands of defunct wells with major cleanup costs
The practice, which includes home addresses and investment amounts, called ‘disturbing’ breach of privacy by shareholder rights advocate
The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) corporate governance arm should be spun off if it is to effectively regulate company boards in the wake of several high-profile scandals, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has said.
The market for corporate debt does not immediately lend itself to the same kind of “activism” found in equity markets. Bondholders, unlike shareholders, do not elect a company’s board or vote on major transactions. Rather, their relationship with their borrower is governed primarily by contract. Investors typically buy corporate debt in the hope that, without any action on their part, the company will meet its obligations, including payment in full at maturity.
The latest data suggest roughly one in 10 Canadians were cannabis users in the past year, meaning few workplaces across the country will not be affected
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