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In this issue, Bank researchers discuss inflation dynamics and global trade following the 2007–09 financial crisis. Other articles explore changes to the governance and regulation of the Canadian payments system and outline the banking services provided by the Bank of Canada. Finally, the results of the 2013 Methods-of-Payment Survey are presented. 
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Using a large dataset of hand-collected information [captured from Hedge Fund Solutions' research on activist investments] on recent hedge fund activist interventions through mid-2014, we find that both the number of hedge fund activists and their interventions have increased recently, and that, contrary to suggestions in the literature, the average announcement period abnormal stock returns continue to be positive.
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With the deadline for nominations for the 2015 Corporate Governance Awards just over two months away, corporates secretaries shouldn't be modest about seeking recognition for jobs well done
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Anita Anand is a law professor at the University of Toronto, was the inaugural Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission's Investor Advisory Panel and is a frequent commentator on securities...
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Judges’ pro-rata decision means 50,000 Nortel retirees should see more recovery of assets than they would have received under other distribution options
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2014 witnessed some interesting reversals in trends we had identified in our 2013 Canadian Proxy Contest Study and our 2014 Update. While there was only one fewer contest than in 2013, many other findings departed dramatically from the trends of recent years. It remains to be seen whether 2014 was an anomaly or a sign of things to come.
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Critics argue that ‘myopic’ activist shareholders, especially activist hedge funds, force corporations to sacrifice long-term profits and competitiveness in order to reap quick short-term benefits. The immediate spike that comes after interventions from these activist shareholders, they argue, inevitably leads to long-term declines in operating performance and shareholder value
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May 13 (Reuters) - DuPont is expected to win a proxyfight against activist investor Nelson Peltz for board seats butthe vote is likely to be very close, CNBC reported, citingsources.Peltz's Trian Fund
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Bombardier Inc. plans to bring both versions of its struggling CSeries jetliner to the Paris Air Show to drum up interest in the $5.4 billion program and capture more orders.
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Companies targeted by the likes of Icahn and Ackman outperform the market
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Deputy Governor Lynn Patterson discusses proposed changes to the Bank’s financial market operations.
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Having explored the events of the 1970s that ushered us into a lengthy period of corporate reform, Glen Jenkins now walks us through the 1980s. An economy initially in recession later made quite the turnaround, and with that growth came several now infamous schemers. The perpetrators of the major financial crimes of the 80s only brought on more reform.
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Ontario, U.S. justices note enormous fees collected by lawyers as ex-employees, pensioners awaited decision
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U.S. stock futures rose Thursday amid gains in European equities and calm trading in bond markets.
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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Adidas , which has hired advisers to help fend off any potential hostile takeover bid, said it had not been approached by activist investors seeking to build
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The Wall Street offices of Bank of New York Mellon are steeped in the history of its famous founder, Alexander Hamilton. Yet among the 18th century artefacts there is no sign of the founding father’s duelling pistols. “JPMorgan has those,” says ,
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For the first time since 2011, management at companies that were the subject of proxy contests won more battles than the dissidents
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Failed Canadian company’s remaining $7.3-billion (U.S.) in assets to be distributed equally among company’s creditors around the world
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