Corporate governance - Vigil

In 2010, after considering 400 possible targets, Indiana-based funeral casket manufacturer Hillenbrand Inc. announced a plan to acquire K-Tron International Inc.

My hope is that if you've been following my blog, I've made the business case that

On June 30, 2016, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”) adopted a final regulation outlining the attributes of a risk-based transaction monitoring and filtering program that certain New York State-licensed institutions will be required to maintain (the “Final Rule”). [1] The Final Rule includes several notable departures from the proposal that was issued by the NYSDFS on December 1, 2015 (the “Proposed Rule”).

On June 28, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed Rule 206(4)-4 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that would require each SEC-registered investment adviser to adopt, implement and annually review a written business continuity and transition plan to address risks related to potential significant disruptions in, or termination of, the adviser’s business.

Recent press coverage and updated proxy voting guidelines suggest that board refreshment is a topic on fire. It’s a subject that inspires strong feelings and competing perspectives on director tenure or board diversity—or both.

Visa’s Next Major Expansion Phase Is Imminent, Stocks: V,MA,PYPL,AAPL, release date:Jul 31, 2016

After a bruising two-year battle, ride-hailing firm Uber is selling its China operations to bigger local rival Didi Chuxing in a deal that will give Uber a one-fifth stake in Didi.

Employers can differentiate themselves by adjusting to the changing financial realities.

A statistical overview of visible minorities in Canada, including population, education, labour force, management, and gender pay gap.

Statistical Overview Of Women In The Workforce

In our article, The Value of Creditor Control in Corporate Bonds, recently published in the Journal of Financial Economics, we introduce a measure that captures the premium in bond prices that is due to the value of creditor control.

In our paper, The Incentives of Creditors to Monitor via Debt Concentration: The Impact of CEO Compensation Structure and Horizon, which was recently made publicly available on SSRN, we show that the relationship between CEO compensation and a firm’s debt structure extends beyond debt maturity to debt concentration by debt type. Furthermore, we demonstrate that not simply the magnitude of the risk-taking incentives in CEO pay but also their time horizon matter for debt concentration.

Verizon Investment Is Speculative But Undervalued, Stocks: VZ, release date:Jul 31, 2016