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'It's simply not good enough': OSC chair warns legislation may be needed to get more women on boards

'It's simply not good enough': OSC chair warns legislation may be needed to get more women on boards | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From business.financialpost.com - June 10, 2015 5:24 PM
Howard Wetston, chair of the Ontario Securities Commission, says he’s disappointed in some of the early response to a regime put in place to get more women on corporate boards
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OSC rebukes firms for lack of action on gender-diversity rules

From report-on-business - June 11, 2015 9:29 AM
Commission chair urges shareholders to push companies to add more women to their boards
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GE to Sell Buyout Unit to Canada Pension Fund for $12 Billion -- Update

From www.morningstar.com - June 9, 2015 7:46 AM
GE to Sell Buyout Unit to Canada Pension Fund for $12 Billion -- Update, Read most current stock market news, Get stock, fund, etf analyst reports from an independent source you can trust – Morningstar
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CalSTRS Votes Against Toyota Proposal to Create Dual-Class Shares | Virtual-Strategy Magazine

CalSTRS Votes Against Toyota Proposal to Create Dual-Class Shares | Virtual-Strategy Magazine | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.virtual-strategy.com - June 8, 2015 7:11 PM
Japan-only dual-class share voting structure benefits select shareholders. | Virtual Strategy Magazine is an online publication devoted entirely to virtualization technologies.
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ICGN'15: On global governance reform

ICGN'15: On global governance reform | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.petercrow.com - June 9, 2015 4:37 AM
Sophie L'Helias, Senior Fellow, Governance at Governance Board chaired a very interesting panel discussion. The panel was asked to discuss whether corporate governance had progressed or regressed...
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Qualcomm: How Share Buybacks Hurt Shareholders And Society

Qualcomm: How Share Buybacks Hurt Shareholders And Society | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.forbes.com - June 8, 2015 8:00 PM
The ban on open share buybacks should be reinstated
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Hedge funds increase bets on European M&A as Greek end-game nears

Hedge funds increase bets on European M&A as Greek end-game nears | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.reuters.com - June 10, 2015 9:28 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers looking to profit from corporate announcements such as mergers and acquisitions are scaling up their bets in Europe, confident that a resolution of the Greek debt
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China’s Guotai Junan Securities Plans $4.8 Billion IPO

China’s Guotai Junan Securities Plans $4.8 Billion IPO | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.wsj.com - June 10, 2015 9:27 AM
Guotai Junan Securities received regulatory approval to raise as much as $4.79 billion in an initial public offering in Shanghai, paving the way for what could be China’s largest IPO in five years.
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WPP's Martin Sorrell survives revolt over pay

WPP's Martin Sorrell survives revolt over pay | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.marketwatch.com - June 10, 2015 9:27 AM

LONDON-- WPP PLC shareholders on Tuesday approved Martin Sorrell's pay package after the company founder and chief executive faced another sizable revolt over his multimillion pay rise.

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Foreign Institutional Ownership and the Global Convergence of Financial Reporting

From corpgov.law.harvard.edu - June 10, 2015 9:27 AM
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Pay Governance: Shareholders Gain Ground On Corporate Social Responsibility Proposals | Business Wire

Pay Governance: Shareholders Gain Ground On Corporate Social Responsibility Proposals | Business Wire | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.businesswire.com - June 3, 2015 7:20 AM
A report from executive compensation consulting firm Pay Governance finds that shareholder proposals to influence environmental/social policies at U.S
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The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism - Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alon Brav, Wei Jiang

From www.nber.org - June 9, 2015 9:44 AM

We test the empirical validity of a claim that has been playing a central role in debates on corporate governance—the claim that interventions by activist hedge funds have a negative effect on the long-term shareholder value and corporate performance. We subject this claim to a comprehensive empirical investigation, examining a long five-year window following activist interventions, and we find that the claim is not supported by the data.

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Activist Investors Are Busier This Year

Activist Investors Are Busier This Year | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From news.easybranches.com - June 8, 2015 2:22 AM
Activist investors are putting even more pressure on the biggest public companies this year through proxy ballots, according to the latest data. The data also indicates that they’re getting more support from their fellow shareholders this year.
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M&A heavyweight Gula joins boutique law firm

M&A heavyweight Gula joins boutique law firm | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.theglobeandmail.com - June 10, 2015 11:32 AM
Former Davies partner, Scotia Capital mergers head signs on with governance-oriented firm Hansell LLP
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Hedge funds and bankers vs FIFA: FIFA pays more

From www.theglobeandmail.com - June 11, 2015 9:29 AM
‘The abyss between FIFA and the average non-profit is simply staggering, beyond the simple fact that FIFA employees made more than traders, who are often pointed out as the epitome of greed’
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Companies face calls for separate CEO and board chair

Companies face calls for separate CEO and board chair | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.marketplace.org - June 10, 2015 9:50 AM
At today's shareholder meeting, investors may learn the fate of the proposal.
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Activist investors work together? SEC wants to know

Activist investors work together? SEC wants to know | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.cnbc.com - June 5, 2015 6:53 AM
The SEC is reportedly probing whether funds run by some activist investors worked together without disclosing their partnerships.
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Andrew Molson Joins the Board of Dundee Corporation

Andrew Molson Joins the Board of Dundee Corporation | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.marketwatch.com - June 9, 2015 6:37 PM

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 09, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- The Board of Directors of Dundee Corporation (DC.A) ("Dundee" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Andrew Molson as a director of the Company.

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Goldman CEO says optimistic about U.S. economic recovery

Goldman CEO says optimistic about U.S. economic recovery | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.reuters.com - June 10, 2015 9:28 AM
BEIJING (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein said on Wednesday that he is optimistic about the economic recovery in the United States.Blankfein was speaking
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HP settles $100m shareholder suit | Economia

HP settles $100m shareholder suit | Economia | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From economia.icaew.com - June 10, 2015 6:16 AM
HP agrees to pay shareholders over ill-fated purchase of Autonomy
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Canadians contacting SEC with whistleblower tips

From report-on-business - June 10, 2015 9:27 AM
Deputy chief of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says her organization's program has been a 'game changer’
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Fed Proposes Amended Bank Liquidity Rules

From corpgov.law.harvard.edu - June 10, 2015 9:27 AM
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Corporate Boards Turn Up Heat on Management to Think Short Term

Corporate Boards Turn Up Heat on Management to Think Short Term | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From blogs.wsj.com - June 5, 2015 10:00 AM
The head of Canada’s biggest pension fund wants to curb the spread of short-term thinking in corporate boardrooms as management teams face increasing pressure to focus on short-term earnings growth and stock-price gains over long-term growth.
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SEC probing whether activist investors secretly acted jointly: source

SEC probing whether activist investors secretly acted jointly: source | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.reuters.com - June 9, 2015 9:46 AM
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether some activist investors secretly acted jointly to target companies, one hedge fund industry source said.The SEC's enforcement
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ICGN'15: Is it time for a holistic review of financial market regulation?

ICGN'15: Is it time for a holistic review of financial market regulation? | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
From www.petercrow.com - June 9, 2015 9:44 AM
The topic of the first plenary of Day #2 of the ICGN conference was whether the time had arrived for an holistic review of the financial market regulatory framework. This question was timely because...
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