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DuPont rejects activist request to change how directors are elected

March 3 (Reuters) - DuPont on Tuesday rejected a pushto let shareholders split their votes between company-backeddirectors and those nominated by activist investors in anescalating proxy battle with

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After Bankruptcy, Lehman Pays $44 Million in Bonuses

After Bankruptcy, Lehman Pays $44 Million in Bonuses | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Lehman Brothers collapsed more than six years ago, but the failed investment bank is still paying millions in bonuses to the team winding down its business.
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NACD Opens Call for Nominations for 2015 NACD Directorship 100

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The
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Not Clawing the Hand that Feeds You

Not Clawing the Hand that Feeds You | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Sterling Huang, Chee Yeow Lim, and Jeffrey Ng, all of the School of Accountancy at Singapore Management University.

In our paper, Not Clawing t...
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Bank Director :: Fighting Off the Activists

Bank Director :: Fighting Off the Activists | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Shareholder activism is on the rise. Is your bank ready?
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Impact Of Activist Investors On Business From Bill Ackman

Impact Of Activist Investors On Business From Bill Ackman | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The activist investors have changed their strategy to seek long term interest
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Gannett Says Carl Icahn Has Withdrawn Nominees to Its Board

Gannett Says Carl Icahn Has Withdrawn Nominees to Its Board | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Gannett said the activist investor had also withdrawn his corporate governance proposals that would have made it easier to sell the media company.
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March 3, 2015 9:41 AM
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Analytics Trends 2015 A below-the-surface look

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Bank board risk governance A research report by the Deloitte Center for Financial Services Driving performance through enhanced risk oversight

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Activist Barington pushes ahead in proxy fight at Eastern Co

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund Barington Capital Group on Monday pressed ahead with plans to win two board seats at Eastern Co and filed a preliminary proxy statement less than four weeks after the company
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Information Networks: Evidence from Illegal Insider Trading Tips

Information Networks: Evidence from Illegal Insider Trading Tips | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Kenneth Ahern of the Finance & Business Economics Unit at the University of Southern California.
Illegal insider trading has become front-pag...
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Governance experts criticise Standard Life's executive bonuses - Financial Times

Governance experts criticise Standard Life's executive bonuses - Financial Times | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Standard Life, the insurer whose investment managers have been outspoken on contentious corporate awards, has itself been criticised over executive bonuses.
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Activist investors’ success owes much to wider bull run - FT.com

Activist investors’ success owes much to wider bull run - FT.com | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The activist attacks come in wave after wave. Sotheby’s settled with Daniel Loeb last year only to find a second hedge fund, Marcato, demanding yet more share buybacks. From Pepsi to MSCI to Zoetis to Dow Chemical, companies are accepting activists’
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‘Stunningly cheap’ stock could turn SNC-Lavalin Inc into takeover bait, say analysts - 24News.ca

‘Stunningly cheap’ stock could turn SNC-Lavalin Inc into takeover bait, say analysts - 24News.ca | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Underneath the fraud and bribery allegations dogging SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a “stunningly cheap” stock that could turn the company into takeover bait, analysts and shareholders say, possibly even attracting Warren Buffett . Source The...
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McDonald’s Will Pay Former CEO Thompson $3 Million to Consult

McDonald’s Will Pay Former CEO Thompson $3 Million to Consult | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
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Proxy Access—a Decision Framework

Proxy Access—a Decision Framework | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Editor's Note: Richard J. Sandler is a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and co-head of the firm’s global corporate governance group. Margaret E. Tahyar is a partner in the Financial Institu...
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▶ Bill Ackman and Warren Buffett: Not so Different? - YouTube

FBN’s Deirdre Bolton with details on her interview with activist investor Bill Ackman. Watch Deirdre Bolton and Liz Claman talk about Management on Closing B...
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Activist Hedge Funds Actually Improving Company Performance

Activist Hedge Funds Actually Improving Company Performance | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Carl Icahn (left) and Bill Ackman (right)

Activist hedge funds appear to be driving improvements, not only in stock
prices, but fundamentals. As well as corporate governance. This from a
recent paper by AIMA.

In their paper, “Unlocking Value: The Positive Role of Activist Hedge
Funds”, they find (emphasis ours):

Among its findings:

* Activist engagement by hedge funds is positively correlated to
improvements in the share price and operating performance of targeted
companie
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Why Shareholders Still Won’t Get Any Fannie

Why Shareholders Still Won’t Get Any Fannie | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Bill Ackman argues that it is to the government's advantage to give Fannie and Freddie back to shareholders
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Gannett, Icahn Settle Governance Dispute

Gannett Co. has agreed to implement certain corporate-governance policies at the upcoming spinoff of its publishing division, settling a dispute with activist investor Carl Icahn.
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SEC Proposes Proxy Disclosure Rules for Hedging by Directors, Officers and Employees

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March 3, 2015 9:34 AM
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IBM shareholder sues company, alleging it overvalued chip unit

IBM shareholder sues company, alleging it overvalued chip unit | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM Corp was sued on Monday by a shareholder that said it committed securities fraud by failing to write down a money-losing semiconductor unit before agreeing to pay another company
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Tesco board loses two female directors - Telegraph

Tesco board loses two female directors - Telegraph | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it

Tesco board overhauled again as Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker and Liv Garfield announce they will stand down as directors

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March 3, 2015 9:28 AM
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Corporate governance not alien to family businesses

Corporate governance not alien to family businesses | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
At a certain point even small firms need to mould their operations to these precepts
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March 2, 2015 9:54 AM
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Shareholder Activism- NACD BoardVision

The results of an FTI survey on shareholder activism are discussed by Steven Balet, managing director in the Strategic Communications division at FTI Consult...
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