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August 24, 2015 9:45 AM
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Proxy Access Proposals: Preliminary 2015 U.S. Postseason Review by Patrick McGurn and Edward Kamonjoh, ISS Key Takeaways Proxy access exploded on to the scene in 2015 as shareholder proponents lobbed
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August 24, 2015 9:45 AM
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With the VIX index jumping 120 percent on a weekly basis, the most in its history, and with the index measuring volatility or
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August 24, 2015 9:35 AM
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Bombardier Inc. bondholders are feeling the pain from the company's accelerating cash consumption.
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August 21, 2015 9:28 AM
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In recent years, sovereign wealth funds have grown in popularity, and subsequently, so too have their investment credentials
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August 21, 2015 9:28 AM
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Martin Lipton is a powerful and influential voice defending corporate boards and long-term planning. He has derided activist investors and assisted corporations in defending against short-term thinkin
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August 21, 2015 9:22 AM
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This post provides an update on shareholder activism activity involving publicly traded domestic companies during the first half of 2015. At the midway point of 2015, shareholder activism shows no signs of slowing. In fact, our survey for the first half of 2015 includes nearly as many activist campaigns as did our survey for all of 2014.
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August 21, 2015 9:22 AM
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August 21, 2015 9:21 AM
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Hedge funds reported their second quarter stock moves last week, and all the analysis on that 13F data is starting to come in. One thing noted by S&P Capital IQ was that activist investors drove h
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August 21, 2015 9:20 AM
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Study, Investors, ESG Issues, ESG, CFA Institute, Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute, IRRCi, Paul Smith, Jon Lukomnik, debunk, myths
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August 21, 2015 9:20 AM
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The food supplier Sysco added two seats to its board to accommodate the activist investor Nelson Peltz and another executive at Trian Fund Management.
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August 20, 2015 9:30 AM
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August 20, 2015 9:29 AM
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Britain's Co-operative Bankdoesn't expect to make a profit until at least 2017 and isunlikely to embark upon a stock market listing until it iscloser to profitability, its chief executive
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August 20, 2015 9:19 AM
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Multiforum shareholder litigation has increased sharply in recent years. In our working paper, The Private Ordering Solution to Multiforum Shareholder Litigation, we empirically analyze what has qu...
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August 24, 2015 9:45 AM
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Goldman Sachs' Hedge Fund Trend Monitor, a quarterly round-up of 13-F filings and hedge fund trends, was published this week. The report analyzes 833 hedge funds with $2.1 trillion of gross equity pos
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August 24, 2015 9:45 AM
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When it comes to hedge funds, the name makes it clear: they're hedged against risks. However, it seems as if hedge funds in general might not be as hedged now as they used to be just a few years ago,
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August 21, 2015 9:28 AM
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Carl Icahn’s U.S. long portfolio decreased from $32.05B to $31.20B this quarter.A stake in Cheniere Energy was established this quarter while eliminating Netflix.The huge Apple position is now at 21.21% of the 13F portfolio.
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August 21, 2015 9:28 AM
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Several prominent hedge funds made bets on the automaker.
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August 21, 2015 9:27 AM
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Over the past 25 years, hedge fund activism has emerged as new form of corporate governance mechanism that brings about operational, financial and governance re
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August 21, 2015 9:22 AM
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Does the presence of women in a firm’s top management team affect the risk of the firm being sued? A large literature in economics and psychology finds that women tend be more risk-averse, less overconfident, and more law-abiding than men.
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August 21, 2015 9:21 AM
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Influential law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz has an idea that may be music to the ears of its big corporate clients and a nightmare for some investors and analysts: end quarterly earnings reports.
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August 21, 2015 9:21 AM
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Sysco said Nelson Peltz and Josh Frank, both of Trian Fund Management, will join its board, a move that comes less than week after the activist investor disclosed a 7% stake in the food distributor.
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August 21, 2015 9:20 AM
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With the final piece of the puzzle in place — the hiring of a new chief executive — Hydro One can now start the final push to privatization
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August 21, 2015 9:19 AM
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A Carlyle Group hedge fund that anticipated a sudden currency-policy shift in China gained roughly $100 million in two days last week, a sign of how some bearish bets on the world’s second-largest economy are starting to pay off.
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August 20, 2015 9:29 AM
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Canadian banks should have the freedom to issue more covered bonds to fund mortgages, as the government moves to tighten other funding sources, report says
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August 20, 2015 9:25 AM
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Activist investors have gotten more and more interested in healthcare stocks over the last year or so, and hedge funds in general have taken note. Overall, hedge funds are shifting away from informati
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