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September 1, 2015 9:31 AM
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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) is seeking feedback on policy questions as part of its process for updating its policies for the 2016 proxy season. Corporate issuers should consider communicating company views on proxy voting issues by participating in the survey, which can be accessed here.
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September 1, 2015 9:31 AM
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Steri Corporation,' Proxy Voting Deflate-Gate, $STE, STE, supermajority, simple majority, File Number 4-583, SEC, rulemaking, petition, Rule 14a-4(a)(3)
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September 1, 2015 9:30 AM
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Corporate Governance And Hedge Fund Activism Shane C. Goodwin The University of Texas at Dallas August 2015 Abstract: Over the past 25 years, hedge fund activism has emerged as new form of corporate g
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August 31, 2015 9:47 AM
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In their quest for quick returns, activists make the mistake of forgetting that it takes time and patience to position any company for success.
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August 31, 2015 9:36 AM
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Requests for waivers from regulatory disqualifications remain a topic of considerable import—and lively debate—for the Commission.[1] Such requests are typically made when certain individuals or entities become involved in Commission enforcement actions.[2]
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August 31, 2015 9:35 AM
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Hedge Fund Industry Weighs In on the Presidential Election / Outlook for Dodd-Frank by The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable NEW YORK, NY, August 24, 2015 – In the wake of what is already shaping up to b
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August 31, 2015 9:35 AM
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Small-Cap Activism vs. Large-Cap Activism - Part 1 by Troy Marchand, Foundry Capital Over the next few weeks, I want to discuss my thoughts on why micro- and small-cap activism generate higher returns
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August 31, 2015 9:29 AM
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quarterly reports, accountability to shareholders and investors, removing quarterly report requirement is a bad idea
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August 31, 2015 9:28 AM
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THE sudden burst of stockmarket volatility last week follows a period of relative calm, as noted in the last post. Much of that calmness must be down to central...
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August 31, 2015 9:28 AM
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The 2008 credit crisis was the beginning of an era of unprecedented government management of the capital markets. July 21, 2015 marked the fifth anniversary of the hallmark congressional response, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”).
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August 31, 2015 9:28 AM
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A federal judge in Manhattan recently granted a preliminary injunction against the Securities and Exchange Commission in the latest of a series of rulings raising issues with the SEC’s use of in-house proceedings before its administrative law judges (“ALJs”) rather than proceed with its charges in federal court.
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August 31, 2015 9:27 AM
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Activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed an8.5 percent stake in miner Freeport-McMoran Inc, sayingthe company was undervalued and needed to address severalcorporate governance and capital issues.In
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August 28, 2015 8:21 AM
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MONTREAL - Public companies can avoid unethical actions if directors are willing to rock the boat an... - Business Breaking News - Brandon Sun.
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September 1, 2015 9:31 AM
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The G-index and E-index are workhorses of empirical corporate finance research. Each counts the number of takeover defenses a firm has and is often used as a summary measure of the firm’s protection from unsolicited takeover bids. But do these indices actually measure takeover deterrence?
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September 1, 2015 9:30 AM
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When first reading about the hackers who stole massive amounts of sensitive customer information from Avid Life Media, I was sitting on my front porch and the distinctive voice of Cher emerged from a passing car, belting out lyrics to the song “If I Could Turn Back Time.”
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August 31, 2015 9:47 AM
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Here are some of the winning deals made by Wall Street activists
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August 31, 2015 9:47 AM
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Large institutional shareholders are bringing their corporate activism in-house, to balance activist hedge funds whose goals are often very short-term in nature, according to prominent attorney Martin Lipton.
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August 31, 2015 9:35 AM
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Equity-Based Pay Continues To Push Increases In Outside Director Pay by Michael Bowie, Tower Watson Total direct pay for non-employee board members at the largest U.S. companies increased moderately a
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August 31, 2015 9:35 AM
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Impact Of Size And Age On Hedge Funds Performance: 2015 Edition by eVestment What’s New in the 2015 Edition The 2015 edition of eVestment’s Impact of Size & Age on Hedge Fund Performance report co
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August 31, 2015 9:29 AM
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Despite the ups and downs of the global financial markets in the last week, the Federal Reserve appears to be holding its nerve, and keeping its resolve to raise interest rates sometime this year.
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August 31, 2015 9:29 AM
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Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSE:ATD.B) had its target price raised by Barclays to C$55.00 in a report issued on Thursday morning, Market Beat.com reports. Barclays currently has an equal weight rating on the stock.
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August 31, 2015 9:28 AM
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Those wishing to send aid, remittances, and investment overseas face exchange rate manipulation and inflated fees when using traditional money transfer services. One emerging alternative to using these services is to transfer Bitcoin internationally. Bitcoin is alluring because financial institutions do not manage its online trade. The transfer of Bitcoin is therefore much less costly than transferring traditional currencies because it bypasses bank fees and regulation. Several organizations are
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August 31, 2015 9:28 AM
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With fewer than 18 months left in office, President Obama has asserted that the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) proposed fiduciary standard for retirement account advisors is a major priority. The DOL completed public hearings last week on this proposal, and we believe that the rule will be finalized early next year with the proposal’s core framework intact.
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August 31, 2015 9:27 AM
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August 28, 2015 8:25 AM
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Activist investors are actually doing something good for the companies they target, the economy as a whole, and quite probably your portfolio.
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