Corporate governance - Vigil

A key challenge for activist investors is convincing other shareholders that the activist agenda will increase the value of a target firm. Accordingly, activists commonly release public disclosures through traditional and social media, news wires, or their fund’s website. These disclosures are often formatted as open letters aimed at the target’s board, management, or existing shareholders.

Lululemon Athletica Inc.’s sales accelerated faster than expected last quarter, helped by booming e-commerce orders, sending the shares on their biggest rally in almost 10 months.

Canadian corporations have racked up a hefty debt load to feed the country’s dividend habit. Over roughly the past decade, corporate debt has tripled as companies have binged on ultracheap financing in part to keep money flowing to investors through dividends and share buybacks.

Between 1988 and 2007, the federal government created a number of arm’s-length agencies to address various health policy issues – among them, developing a mental-health strategy, collecting national data, reviewing the effectiveness of drugs and devices.

Aimia Inc. has averted a battle with its largest shareholders at its annual meeting next month after reaching an agreement with Mittleman Brothers Investment Management, which had sought changes at the loyalty rewards company.

In this article, we address provisions of the Tax Act that potentially accelerate tax liabilities, repeal the performance-based exception to the limits on compensation deductions for certain corporations, change the treatment of net operating losses, and cut back the favorable tax treatment of research and development expenses.

According to a new survey, directors see good operations and effective execution of key board activities linking with stronger self-reported performance, suggesting that value can flow from improving the way boards work.

Coffee and controversy are not a good mix. After a year that saw a backlash against some franchisees’ responses to the minimum-wage increase in Ontario, and frayed relations between the company and those restaurant owners, Tim Hortons has seen a hit to its brand, according to research firm Ipsos Canada.

Credit-monitoring firm Equifax Inc (EFX.N) named former General Electric Co (GE.N) executive Mark Begor as chief executive officer on Wednesday, as it looks to regain investor confidence after being hit by a massive data breach.

Réinvestissements en santé et en éducation, manne pour la culture, baisses d’impôts pour les PME : le budget présenté par le ministre Carlos Leitão – le 150e budget du Québec – ouvre les vannes des dépenses publiques à la veille des élections provinciales.

The consumer welfare standard in antitrust law requires that firms maximize the margin between price and product quality, a quantity called consumer welfare by economists...

Canada’s largest-ever cannabis deal is all but done, but the battle that led up to its eventual negotiated conclusion will have long-lasting impacts on hostile takeover bids in all industries.

A new governance code for UK private companies will say nothing on executive pay, it has been revealed.