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November 24, 2015 9:40 AM
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Report Outlines Three Key Issues That Directors Should Consider When Preparing for the 2016 Proxy Season
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November 24, 2015 9:40 AM
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Pfizer and Allergan agreed on a historic merger deal worth more than $150 billion that would create the world’s biggest drug maker and move one of the top names in corporate America to a foreign country.
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November 24, 2015 9:40 AM
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Canadian plane and train maker BombardierInc said lower production of its business jets -Global 5000 and Global 6000 - will drive down revenue in 2016.
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November 24, 2015 9:40 AM
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MONTREAL - Armed with US$2.5 billion in new financial support, Bombardier told institutional investors this morning that it has developed a five-year strategic plan to turn around the Montreal-based transportation giant.
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November 23, 2015 9:55 AM
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Shareholder activism continues to evolve in Canada. As the tactics of activists have become increasingly sophisticated, boards have responded by expanding and refining their defensive tactics. A recent example is the growing popularity of contractual restrictions on transferring shares to certain classes of shareholders, including specific activists. This new strategy has attracted the attention of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and may prompt regulatory intervention.
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November 23, 2015 9:55 AM
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp does it, so does Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook: Hated in Australia, dual class ownership is all the rage in Silicon Valley.
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November 23, 2015 9:48 AM
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In a provocative article, “How Activist Investors Became Respectable,” Harvard Business School Professor Joseph Fuller sketches how the once-hated corporate raiders of the 1980s are now treated as “respectable agents of change.” These corporate raiders, who were “once playing on the margins of the system as reviled villains,” have now become the enforcers of “the world’s dumbest idea”: maximizing shareholder value.
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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The case for gender equality is strong. Why is progress so slow? A McKinsey Quarterly article.
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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This Catalyst Pyramid visually highlights the gender gap in the labor force, two levels of management, board seats, and CEOs in companies listed on the S&P 500.
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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One day, Japan's biggest overhaul of rules for companies in decades will make them more efficient. Right now it's making things worse. So says Toshiaki Ogu
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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A new report from the Canadian Board Diversity Council shows women now comprise 19.5 per cent of directors of Canada’s 500 largest companies
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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HOUSTON, Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Texas TriCities Chapter welcomed four new members to its Board of Directors at their September, 2015, Chapter Board meeting, including Deborah Cannon, General Don Cook, Barbara Duganier and Allen Gelwick. The Chapter also announced fall appointments for new advisory board members and new directorships for Chapter Board members.
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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Over the past two weeks, the US banking regulators released their much anticipated final margin requirements for the uncleared portion of the derivatives market. [1] This portion amounts to over $250 trillion of the global $630 trillion outstanding and has up to now been operating in “business as usual” mode, [2] while other derivatives have been pushed into clearing. The final rule’s release completes a long process since it was proposed in 2011 and re-proposed in 2014. [3]
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November 24, 2015 9:40 AM
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The two biggest proxy advisory firms are cracking down on board members with too many seats.
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November 24, 2015 9:40 AM
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Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) congratulates Monique F. Leroux on her election as President of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). Ms. Leroux was nominated by CMC and her candidacy received the support of our members.
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November 24, 2015 9:40 AM
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Activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed a stake in Xerox Corp (XRX.N) and called the printer and copier maker's shares "undervalued," sending the stock up 7.6 percent in extended trade.
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November 24, 2015 9:39 AM
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LAVAL, Que. - Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX:ATD.B) increased its quarterly dividend as it reported a higher second-quarter profit. The convenience sto
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November 23, 2015 9:55 AM
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Rob Swystun, Pristine Advisers Shareholder activists may have hunted themselves out of prey, according to one financial research firm. "Activism has become a crowded field, with too many players ch...
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November 23, 2015 9:55 AM
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These days, there are fewer noisy, public fights. Yet, activism is on the rise, driven by Canada’s shareholder-friendly regulations, which allow investors to quietly push for change behind the scenes.
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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ROCKVILLE, MD. (November 20, 2015) – Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance solutions to the global financial community, today released 2016 updates to its benchmark proxy voting policies for the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions. The updated policies will generally be applied for shareholder meetings on or after Feb. 1, 2016.
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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Women On Board is a Catalyst initiative that promotes the appointment of women to corporate boards by pairing candidates with mentors and champions.
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) today announced that its board of directors has adopted amendments to the company's bylaws providing "proxy access" shareholder rights. "Allstate's board is committed to strong corporate governance and creating value for our shareholders," saidThomas J. Wilson, chairman and chief executive officer. "Our board proactively adopted proxy access as part of our ongoing commitment to governance best practices that include dialogue, transparency and responsiveness to shareholder views."
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) today was presented with the prestigious Muriel F. Siebert Leadership Award for extraordinary diversity of its board of di
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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The grip of Bombardier Inc.’s controlling family over the Canadian transportation giant loosened further Thursday as it agreed to sell almost a third of its train business to Quebec’s major pension fund for $1.5 billion.
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November 23, 2015 9:47 AM
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A growing body of evidence supports the view that there are substantial differences in the management styles and skill sets of individual CEOs, and these differences seem to translate into effects on firm performance and how firms operate.
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