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Earlier this year, the Canadian Coalition of Good Governance (CCGG) released its publication " Shareholder Involvement in the Director Nomination… 
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Since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank”) expanded the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to seek civil penalties through a...
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Investor Research Award, Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute, IRRCi, Jon Lukomnik, Mark Anson, Collette Chilton, Robert Dannhauser, Nell Minow
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The Bank of England, the UK authority with powers to “resolve” failing banks, is consulting on how it might exercise its power of direction to remove impediments to resolvability. The Bank may require measures to be taken by a UK bank, building society or large investment firm to address a perceived obstacle to credible resolution.
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Board hold unusually low numbers of shares in company and CEO Dave Lewis has yet to invest any of his own money
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The chief executive of Canadianengineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin Group Inc will step down effective Oct. 5, and be succeeded by his chiefoperating officer, Neil Bruce, the company said on Monday.
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Hedge Funds And Liquid Alternatives - Put Into Perspective by Skenderbeg Alternative Investments
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It has been known for some time that in general smaller hedge funds outperform larger hedge funds. This is obviously a general rule with many exceptions, but the basic reality behind it is confirmed b
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Could the hedge fund landscape be in the process of changing? Hedge funds have often been criticized in the past for their exuberant fees and performance charges, all the while, a majority are under-
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We currently have little direct knowledge regarding how institutional investors engage with portfolio companies. The reason is that many interactions occur behind the scenes.
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The online retail giant, which has come under fire for a variety of perceived corporate slights, hired Christine Bader to address sustainability issues.
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Companies tell us they buy back stock because it is undervalued. The data, however, tells a different story. Buybacks peaked in 2007 at $589 billion—the best time to sell. And then fell to $138 bil...
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This bi-monthly publication from the Canadian Tourism Research Institute features articles that outline key trends for the travel industry.
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Recent provocative evidence suggests that a board’s decision to remove a CEO from office is influenced by components of firm performance that have little to do with the CEO’s efforts or abilities. ...
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A growing number of Bank of America Corp. investors are pressing for broader changes to the company’s board as a contentious shareholder vote approaches on Chairman and Chief Executive Brian Moynihan’s combined roles.
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Less than three months remain before the November 3rd, 2015 go-live date of Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (“Reg SCI”). While some impacted entities have made great progress toward compliance since the rule was finalized last December, many still have a great deal to do.
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has adopted amendments to its equity research rules and an entirely new debt research rule. Member firms should review and revise their policies, procedures and processes to reflect the new rules, and analyze what organizational structure and business process changes will be necessary.
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CIBC's Paul Holden looks at how Canada's top three mutual fund companies stack up and concludes there is one 'pretty compelling' winner for shareholders
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Behind The Scenes: The Corporate Governance Preferences Of Institutional Investors Joseph A. McCahery Tilburg University - School of Law; European Banking Center (EBC); European Corporate Governance I
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As August moves into history and additional hedge funds are posting their performance during one of the more extended periods of volatility since 2008, trends in hedge fund performance are emerging. I
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Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises through its subsidiary IEH Biopharma LLC unveiled a tender offer on Wednesday to buy up all of Vivus’ convertible notes at a price of $680 for each $1,000 note. Reacting
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Campaigning ahead of 2016 election also creates pressure to ban payouts to executives who leave to work for government
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In In re Dole Food Co. Inc. Stockholder Litigation, in connection with a take-private transaction with the controlling stockholder, the Delaware Court of Chancery held in a post-trial opinion that the President of the company and its controlling stockholder undermined the sales process by depriving the special committee of the ability to negotiate on a fully informed basis and the stockholders of the ability to consider the merger on a fully informed basis.
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Mutual fund company Vanguard Group backed measures at more than
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ROCKVILLE, MD., & ZURICH, Sept. 8, 2015 – Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance and proxy voting solutions to the global financial community, and RepRisk, a leading business intelligence provider specializing in dynamic environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk analytics and metrics, today announced a strategic partnership allowing ISS to offer ESG solutions from RepRisk.
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