Corporate governance - Vigil

It took two attempts to get a quorum but the bond holders have voted to amend the trust indenture that governed two issues of debt securities by the not-for-profit Canadian federal corporation which...

Survey conducted by three Canadian regulatory agencies to assess the client experience with investment advisers did not find any serious misconduct.

Recently, we reported on the Federal Court ruling dismissing an application by some shareholders to expose the level of greenhouse gas emissions financed by the Commonwealth Bank. That case is notable as it again raises the profile of shareholder activism in Australia, a point that undoubtedly will arise for some this reporting season.

NEW YORK (The Deal) -- Activist investor Sandell Asset Management Corp. on Tuesday launched a change-of-control proxy contest at Ethan Allen Interiors  (ETH -Get Report) after suggesting the interior design and furniture company should be worth $41 a share, either through a sale or real estate spinoff.

Northern Property REIT has agreed to purchase True North Apartment REIT and to acquire a portfolio of properties from Starlight Investments, but getting the transaction to unitholders has generated...

Bond market trading, done largely over-the-counter, was valued at about $10.8 trillion in 2014, nearly five times the value of equity market trading, according to IIROC

TOKYO -- Despite a recovery in earnings, Japanese companies are failing to use their cash on hand efficiently. Activist funds see an opening and are s

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have announced (in Notice 2015-59) that they are studying issues related to the qualification of certain corporate distributions as tax-free...

Entertainment One, which purchased Canada's largest film distributor, Alliance Films, boasts such titles as the 'The Walking Dead' TV series and 'The Hunger Games' film franchise

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., the furnishing retailer being targeted by activist hedge fund Sandell Asset Management Corp., faces a proxy fight for six of its eight board seats at its upcoming annual meeting.