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December 7, 2015 9:51 AM
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Company rules should ensure that each share has one vote.
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December 7, 2015 9:50 AM
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The appearance of an activist investor on a company’s share registry is often viewed warily by executives.
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December 7, 2015 9:49 AM
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The British Columbia Supreme Court (Court) recently considered certain issues relating to a proxy battle involving a TSX Venture Exchange-listed issuer, Kobex Capital Corp. (Kobex).
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December 7, 2015 9:48 AM
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The Equity Plan Scorecard (EPSC) policy allows more nuanced consideration of equity incentive programs, which are critical for motivating
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December 7, 2015 9:32 AM
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The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news
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December 7, 2015 9:32 AM
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The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news
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December 7, 2015 9:32 AM
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While criticism is typically aimed at board directors, shareholders and CEOs, people intimate with the process of setting pay want that to change, hoping consultants are also put under the spotlight
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December 7, 2015 9:32 AM
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Wait a minute. T. Boone Pickens has a podcast? And Carl Icahn was just on it?
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December 7, 2015 9:32 AM
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The SEC has issued two new compliance and disclosure interpretations on the so-called “Unbundling Rule.” The SEC appears to have been motivated to issue the CDIs as part of the political reaction against, and desire to deter, inversion transactions.
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December 7, 2015 9:31 AM
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The SEC said Grant Thornton accepted faulty explanations from clients as the truth and failed to perform audits according to standards resulting in undetected frauds
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December 7, 2015 9:31 AM
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Institutional investors are taking time to dinstinguish between an activist's good case for change at a target company from and unimpressive board candidates to drive that change
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December 4, 2015 9:56 AM
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An activist investor that won a fight for board seats at Bob Evans Farms Inc. last year is again pressuring the company to sell its packaged-foods business.
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December 4, 2015 9:55 AM
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Recent econometric studies (“empirical evidence”) definitively rebut the position taken by the Harvard Law School Shareholder Rights Project (SRP) that classified boards are associated with lower f...
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December 7, 2015 9:50 AM
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The struggling manufacturer will meet next week with the activist US fund which is its biggest shareholder, Sky News learns.
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December 7, 2015 9:49 AM
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The tide of shareholder activism keeps rising around the world, not only in the U.S. but also in Canada, Europe and Asia.
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December 7, 2015 9:48 AM
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Activist investors can focus too hard on short-term performance, to the detriment of long-term value.
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December 7, 2015 9:48 AM
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Hedge Fund Talent Hedge funds are constantly jockeying for position to not only generate alpha for their clients but also post returns that are the highest
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December 7, 2015 9:32 AM
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For the 14th year in a row, Report on Business has rated Canada’s corporate boards using a rigorous set of governance criteria designed to go far beyond minimum mandatory rules imposed by regulators.
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December 7, 2015 9:32 AM
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Management consultant Roger Martin illustrates his concerns
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December 7, 2015 9:32 AM
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December 7, 2015 9:32 AM
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On Friday December 4th (AEDT) / Thursday December 3rd (PST) Glass Lewis hosted a Proxy Talk conference call with representatives from Australia and New Zealand Bank Group (“ANZ”). The discussion discuss covered two shareholder proposals filed by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility at ANZ. See more ›
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Institut sur la gouvernance (IGOPP)
December 7, 2015 9:31 AM
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An activist investor that won a fight for board seats at Bob Evans Farms Inc. last year is again pressuring the company to sell its packaged-foods business.
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December 7, 2015 9:31 AM
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An activist investor on Thursday renewed its push for Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) to abandon its plans to spin off its valuable stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) and instead sell its core business "at the highest price possible."
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December 7, 2015 9:31 AM
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In a case involving an Ontario law in which directors' and officers' liability insurers are said to have a "critical and unique interest," the Supreme Court of Canada announced Friday it is allowing a class action lawsuit against the Canadian...
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December 4, 2015 9:56 AM
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Avon Products Inc. is nearing a deal with private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP aimed at reversing the struggling beauty products seller’s fortunes, just as a shareholder activist takes aim at the company.
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