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2015 Shareholder Activist Landscape

Institutional Investors share their perspective on shareholder activism in 2015
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When Our Government Commits Fraud

When Our Government Commits Fraud | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The executive branch has behaved duplicitously in its dealings with Fannie and Freddie’s private shareholders.
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March 9, 2015 9:41 AM
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Activist Investors Will Shake Up Social Investing

Activist Investors Will Shake Up Social Investing | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Activist investors are changing the rules of engagement for investors and investees: Social investors and businesses should be taking careful notes.
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March 9, 2015 9:33 AM
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SEC.gov | Ensuring that Shareholders Have a Meaningful, Effective Vote

SEC.gov | Ensuring that Shareholders Have a Meaningful, Effective Vote | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Ensuring that Shareholders Have a Meaningful, Effective Vote
Opening Statement at the SEC’s Proxy Roundtable, statement by Commissioner Kara M. Stein, on February 19, 2015
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Keeping Pace with Digital Disruption in our Securities Marketplace

Keeping Pace with Digital Disruption in our Securities Marketplace | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Editor's Note: Kara M. Stein is a Commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This post is based on Commissioner Stein’s recent address at the Practising Law Institute’s SEC Speaks...
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California Court Clarifies Scope of Class Action Judgment Reduction Provision

California Court Clarifies Scope of Class Action Judgment Reduction Provision | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it

Editor's Note: Brad Karp is chairman and partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. This post is based on a Paul Weiss client memorandum.

In Rieckborn v. Velti plc, 2015 WL 468...

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March 9, 2015 9:16 AM
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Corporate Governance Must Not Be About Power

Corporate Governance Must Not Be About Power | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
On International Women's Day 2015 ( #IWD2015)  the 'to-do' list seems absolutely endless. But, in terms of publicly listed businesses and better corporate governance, it really should not be that hard. Is it possible that it is harder simply because it is about sharing power at the top? In the UK, [...]
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March 6, 2015 9:39 AM
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Whistleblower: HSBC Execs Knew

Whistleblower: HSBC Execs Knew | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Whistleblower: HSBC Execs Knew The whistleblower who carried out the largest banking leak in history told Bloomberg he can prove that HSBC executives knew about alleged schemes to help wealthy clients
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CARL ICAHN ISSUES LETTER TO TWITTER FOLLOWERS REGARDING APPLE

CARL ICAHN ISSUES LETTER TO TWITTER FOLLOWERS REGARDING APPLE | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
I recommend that you read this about $APPL from the man who transform tweets into real money. @Carl_C_Icahn

http://t.co/jFGpGMfUoc
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Capital Insights | EY-Capital-Insights-12-Shareholder- activism-how-to-manage-investors

Capital Insights | EY-Capital-Insights-12-Shareholder- activism-how-to-manage-investors | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
With activity on the rise from activist investors across the globe, here are some tips to help manage expectations and investor relations to avoid conflict.
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SNC-Lavalin Group Inc ‘a heck of a deal right now’ even as old wound of fraud charges reopens - 24News.ca

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc ‘a heck of a deal right now’ even as old wound of fraud charges reopens - 24News.ca | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.’s path back into the good graces of investors is through a highway: The 108-kilometre 407 toll road that the company is looking to divest from. Source That, and clarity over the company’s strategy to absolve itself of the...

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Large Canadian investors expected to continue bulking up on infrastructure

Large Canadian investors expected to continue bulking up on infrastructure | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
With stock markets volatile and interest rates at historic lows, institutional investors are turning to infrastructure deals, such as Quebec’s Caisse de depot’s $850-million investment in the Eurostar high-speed rail network Wednesday.
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Citation Michel Nadeau

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Proxy Advisors Clarify Proxy Access and Bylaw Amendments Voting Policies

Proxy Advisors Clarify Proxy Access and Bylaw Amendments Voting Policies | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Ariel J. Deckelbaum, partner and deputy chair of the Corporate Department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and is based on a P...
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Should You Invest With Bill Ackman?

Bill Ackman is one of today's best-known investors, and many everyday investors study his investments in an effort to mimic his success. Until.
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March 9, 2015 9:43 AM
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General Motors, Wilson seek to avoid proxy fight: WSJ

General Motors, Wilson seek to avoid proxy fight: WSJ | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
(Reuters) - General Motors Co is in discussions with activist shareholder Harry J.
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March 9, 2015 9:35 AM
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Investors Raise Hedge Funds Bets In February

Investors Raise Hedge Funds Bets In February | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Investors Raise Hedge Funds Bets In February by Bruno J. Schneller, Skenderbeg Alternative Investments
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Shareholders in the United Kingdom

Shareholders in the United Kingdom | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Paul L. Davies, Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. He was the Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law...
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A European Prospectus Revolution?

A European Prospectus Revolution? | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Editor's Note: David M. Lynn is a partner and co-chair of the Corporate Finance practice at Morrison & Foerster LLP. The following post is based on a Morrison & Foerster publication by Jere...
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Corporate Secretary | New rules for Canadian hostile takover bids

Corporate Secretary | New rules for Canadian hostile takover bids | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
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Bank bonuses mixed, reflecting a mixed year

Bank bonuses mixed, reflecting a mixed year | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Bonuses across the financial sector are flat compared with a year ago, reflecting the uneven year the banking industry had in 2014.
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March 6, 2015 9:38 AM
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Activist Hedge Funds Are Driving Company Performance | Hedge Fund News From HedgeCo.Net

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Activist hedge funds globally are driving improvements in the share price, operating performance and governance of the companies in which they invest, according to a new paper by AIMA, the global hedge fund industry specialist.

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Bill Ackman Has Gained $11.6 Billion For His Investors Since 2004

Bill Ackman Has Gained $11.6 Billion For His Investors Since 2004 | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
He's now ranked No. 19 on LCH Investment's top 20 hedge fund managers list.
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Hedge-Fund Chats and Foreign Mergers

Hedge-Fund Chats and Foreign Mergers | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Also: Some bond stuff, some bank deposits that weren't what they seemed, and some free financial advice.
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March 6, 2015 9:13 AM
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Carlyle and Warburg Pincus completes DBRS acquisition

Carlyle and Warburg Pincus completes DBRS acquisition | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus have closed their previously announced buy of Toronto-based credit rating agency DBRS. No financial terms were disclosed. Perella Weinberg Partners was financia...
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Elaine Wynn fights to stay on Wynn Resorts board

Elaine Wynn fights to stay on Wynn Resorts board | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it

Admonishing the Wynn Resorts board for attempting to oust its only female director and defending her role with the company, Elaine Wynn implored shareholders in a proxy statement Thursday to re-elect her to the board after other directors voted not to re-nominate her.

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