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August 26, 2015 9:53 AM
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August 26, 2015 9:53 AM
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Toronto – An adjunct professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, who has been at the forefront of promoting best practices in corporate governance in Canada and around the world, has been honoured by the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries (CSCS).
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August 26, 2015 9:46 AM
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Major global trends are changing the way we approach international assistance and policy reform. Private sector-led growth has produced enormous opportunities, even as market freedom and access to opportunity remain uneven. Political upheaval has raised hopes for democratic freedoms, yet freedom too often is undermined by poor governance. Governance reforms must adjust to these shifting circumstances. As a rule, effective reforms tap the power of free markets and the strength of citizen engageme
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August 26, 2015 9:46 AM
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In August 4, 2015, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released its annual policy survey for the 2016 proxy voting season. The survey encompasses its global proxy voting policies across all potential topic areas. The responses elicited from the survey are used to assist ISS in developing changes to its proxy voting policy guidelines, and will be open for one month (until September 4, 2015).
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August 26, 2015 9:45 AM
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The New Yorker misses the broader picture.
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August 26, 2015 9:44 AM
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Almost exactly a year ago, Jack Ma was setting out on an investor roadshow for the world’s largest initial public offering: the New York listing of shares in Alibaba, which raised $25bn for his Chinese ecommerce group. Within hours, the share price
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August 25, 2015 9:41 AM
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If you're an investor and you don't know about the issues surrounding proxy access this year, you should read this immediately.
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August 25, 2015 9:40 AM
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The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) recently published a policy encouraging issuers to take measures to enhance “proxy access”, meaning the ability of shareholders to have meaningful input into the director nomination process. The CCGG published this policy in the midst of a surge of voluntary adoption of proxy access by significant issuers in the United States. As of the date of this publication, we are not aware of any Canadian issuer that has adopted proxy access.
In Canada, a registered shareholder can always have a say in the director nomination process by nominating individuals from the floor of a shareholder meeting (being mindful to comply with any applicable advance notice requirements in the company’s by-laws). However, given that most votes are generally subject to management proxies submitted in advance of the meeting, a shareholder realistically seeking to have its nominees elected will have to undertake a proxy campaign in advance of the meeting (in the case of a solicitation of more than 15 shareholders, a dissident proxy circular will have to be prepared, filed publicly on SEDAR and delivered to shareholders whose proxy is solicited).
In Canada, federal and provincial corporate law statutes provide shareholders with other ways to have
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August 25, 2015 9:39 AM
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Tim Melvin explains how playing with a sector specific approach in poker can draw winning hands for investors should they use a simple investing strategy that combines activist insiders and small bank stocks.
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August 25, 2015 9:35 AM
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Convicted felon behind Enron's off-balance sheet entities discusses how we rationalize unethical behavior
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August 25, 2015 9:34 AM
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The FTC and Justice Department announced a settlement with Third Point over allegations the hedge fund failed to properly file for antitrust clearance when it built its position in Yahoo in late 2011.
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August 25, 2015 9:33 AM
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Deal announced the details of its annual forecasting...
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August 25, 2015 9:33 AM
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Across the world, a clamor is rising against corporate short-termism—the undue attention to quarterly earnings at the expense of long-term sustainable growth.
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August 26, 2015 9:53 AM
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Traditional gadflies are again pressing banks to find buyers. They could soon be joined by less vocal investors who still know how to put pressure on executives and directors.
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August 26, 2015 9:53 AM
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Activist investor Tom Sandell and his fund, Sandell Asset Management, are pushing the furniture retailer to either sell itself or monetize its real estate, and he doesn't give up easily.
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August 26, 2015 9:46 AM
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Public company counsel and audit committee members should be aware of recent activity at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) that could lead to additional regulation of audit committee disclosure and to federal normative expectations for how audit committees and their members behave.
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August 26, 2015 9:45 AM
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Society 2015, Part 4, Axelrod, David Axelrod, Activists at Your Door, Obama, politics, Believer, board, proxy fight
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August 26, 2015 9:45 AM
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August 26, 2015 9:44 AM
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MONTREAL - Fears of a Chinese economic slowdown that shocked markets and rattled investors is also hampering Bombardier's efforts to firm up sales of its n
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August 25, 2015 9:40 AM
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Powerhouse Wall Street law firm Wachtell Lipton on Tuesday voiced its support for abandoning quarterly corporate earnings reports.
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August 25, 2015 9:39 AM
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund has taken a proactive approach to encouraging businesses to improve their practices, and the scale of its holdings could give it a unique ability to influence investors and businesses.
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August 25, 2015 9:39 AM
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An adjunct professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, who has been at the forefront of promoting best practices in corporate governance in Canada and around the world, has been honoured by the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries.
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August 25, 2015 9:34 AM
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Despite getting battered with the rest of the market in recent days, many hedge-fund managers are convinced this latest turn will be a harrowing fall followed by a rapid comeback.
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August 25, 2015 9:34 AM
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Jeff Ubben of ValueAct Capital Management says he isn’t worried about Halliburton’s planned purchase of Baker Hughes.
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August 25, 2015 9:33 AM
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Doug Gurr reflects on how China differs from Western markets and what role data informatics will play in the future of retail. A McKinsey & Company article.
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