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U.S. Equity Market Structure: Making Our Markets Work Better for Investors, statement by Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, May 11, 2015
With two of the three bookrunners – Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse (RBC is the lone Canadian member) — based in the U.S., logic and precedence would argue that most of Shopify's stock will find...
Calpers, the California pension giant, cast its shares in favor of DuPont in the company’s ongoing proxy fight with activist Trian Fund Management.
A majority of Tempur Sealy International Inc. shareholders have voted to remove three directors, including both its chief executive and chairman, according to an activist looking to shake up the company’s management.
Three years after the UK’s “shareholder spring” inspired a rash of investor protests against excessive executive pay, the largest companies in France are facing their own activist revolution. In the past two weeks, French minority shareholders have
It understates the situation to simply state the pace of shareholder activism has increased recently. What we are witnessing is “activism on steroids,” says a new academic white paper that considers
Reputation matters in the nonprofit world. Few nonprofit boards exist today that don't worry about how they are perceived in the communities or associations they serve. And to make sure their images remain pristine, many turn to crisis consultants and other forms of expert assistance.
Imation and Select Comfort are among activists’ latest targets.
Quebecor is defending the appointment of Michel Lavigne to its board of directors, even though he did not receive support from the majority of shareholders who voted at its annual meeting
Twenty-five years of counselling people burdened by debt has gleaned her some surprising insights into how Canadians borrow
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The Bulldog Investor did an interview with Damien Park of Hedge Fund Solutions. Park is a thought leader in the activist space. He is frequently retained by CEOs and Boards for his expertise. He is also regularly featured in leading news publications, now including the Micro Cap Investing Podcast. In this interview, Park lists the ingredients for a great activist campaign.
Dutch food retailer Ahold and Belgium’s Delhaize said they are in talks about a possible near-$26 billion merger that could create one of the largest supermarket operators in the U.S.
A California investment fund and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System launched a proxy fight for three seats on the board of fashion company Perry Ellis.
These are strange days indeed for shareholder activism. By some measures it’s experiencing a surge. Progressive groups have used the strategy since the early 1970s, but the past few years have seen an increase in its frequency, sophistication and success. In December, for example, the defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced that it would immediately end its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a key player in the push to privatize education and a […]
Activist investors are increasing in number and becoming more assertive in exercising their influence over companies in which they have a stake. And shareholder activism comes in different forms, ranging from say-on-pay votes, to shareholder proposals, to “vote no” campaign where some investors will urge other shareholders to withhold votes from one or more directors, to hedge fund activism. Activism can build or progress. If a company is the target of a less aggressive form of activism one year
Activist Hedge Funds In A World Of Board Independence: Creators Or Destroyers Of Long-term Value? via SSRN Bernard S. Sharfman Independent May 1, 2015 Columbia Business Law Review, Forthcoming Abstrac
Wal-Mart Stores says it will buy more retail and distribution space in Canada from rival Target Corp.
SEC enforcement actions have been on the rise for some time, a pattern that's only likely to continue given recent developments. The agency is more willing than ever to take cases to court, and last year saw the single largest whistleblower award to date.
The battle for a slate of new directors at GuestLogix Inc. – a battle started by the activist hedge fund manager Goodwood Inc. – has taken some strange turns since being launched three months back
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