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A recent report electrified US issuers and investors arguing that there is a major disconnect between corporate operating performance, shareholder value and incentive plans for executives. Authored by Organizational Capital Partners and commissioned by the Investor Responsibility Research Centre Institute (IRRCi), this new report has sparked issuers, investors and proxy advisors to re-think their approach for long-term executive compensation. It’s also creating common ground between groups as diverse as the Center for Executive Compensation and CalSTRS. So what does this report entail, and why exactly has it gotten so many people discussing executive compensation?
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Grexit fears may be taking a toll on stock and bond prices this month, but it has been a boon for virtual currency Bitcoin
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Ontario Securities Commission also seeks a lifetime ban prohibiting Finkelstein from trading securities
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One of the biggest problems with activist investors is that their plans to boost a company's value often have merit, according to Bain & Co. partners. Seek to understand what an activist is proposing, then engage them thoughtfully. "A company cannot and should not ignore activists, but it also should not immediately accept or reject their ideas," they write.
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Katy Pitch - If you’ve been reading the business news lately it’s hard to miss the renewed focus on the “say-on-pay” resolutio
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Survey of 25 companies found defined-benefit plan funding slipped to 91 per cent from 97 per cent the previous year
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A raft of dual-class share offerings has opened fault lines in the cozy world of Quebec Inc.
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Watch the video SEC probes activist hedge funds to see if they colluded: ... on Yahoo Finance . According to the Dow Jones the probes are part of SEC scrutiny of investor disclosures, reports CNBC's Kate Kelly.
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In a new report the IoD has called on businesses and regulators to take a fresh approach to corporate governance and recognise those companies that do it best
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Joel I. Papernik, a Member of the Corporate & Securities Practice of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., will lead a panel discussion on shareholder activism at the 2015 BIO International Convention as part of the conference’s Business Development & Finance track on June 18th at 1pm at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Activist investing is a business that polarizes supporters and detractors, and produces some unusual alliances.
Institut sur la gouvernance (IGOPP)'s insight:
Citation Yvan Allaire
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Fitbit Inc., the maker of wearable fitness-tracking devices, priced its initial public offering at $20 a share, above already raised expectations, according to a person familiar with the offering.
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via WordLink - At WSJ's CFO Conference, Partner and Chief Legal Officer of JANA Partners Charles Penner discussed how shareholder activists draw their power. Photo: Paul Morse
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As the latest headlines from Dell and Apple remind us, activist investors are the Kardashians of the business world. Love them or hate them, everyone’s got an opinion on them.
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Biopharma management teams and boards of directors should proactively assess the “fitness” of their capital allocation strategies and exercise their inner activists to improve long-term value.
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Ontario Securities Commission ruled in March that Finkelstein passed along tips to a friend that resulted in insider trading
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Proxy-voting advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis & Co. have come out on different sides of a Toyota Motor Corp. proposal to create a dual-class share structure.
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At WSJ's CFO Conference, Partner and Chief Legal Officer of JANA Partners Charles Penner discussed how shareholder activists draw their power. Photo: Paul Morse
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Activist investors’ interest in Yum! Brands resulted from the optimism about its KFC restaurants in China. It's the most important market for Yum! Brands.
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