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MONTREAL – Engineering giant SNC-Lavalin said Tuesday it wants to turn the page on its checkered past by making restitution to municipalities and other public bodies in Quebec for obtaining contracts through questionable means. 
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Yvan Allaire and François Dauphin: The activities of shareholder activists should concern governments, pension funds or other institutional investors who prioritize a long-term investment horizon
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April 28, 2016 9:58 AM
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Manuvie met un terme à la double fonction qu'occupe son plus haut gradé québécois, Charles Guay
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A weak Canadian dollar ended up being a strong contributor to the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec’s impressive 2015 results. With more than a quarter of its assets now in U.S. investme…
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February 25, 2016 10:01 AM
Citation Michel Nadeau
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To exert their relevant influence as owners, shareholders need the right to vote against the election of directors
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Yvan Allaire and François Dauphin cogently analyze the costs and risks of proxy access, arguing that "Anyone believing that this process is likely to produce stronger boards in the long run needs to consider anew the calculus of current...
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Over the last few years, hedge fund activism has received a great deal of coverage in financial media (and in the mainstream press), has triggered heated debates and been the focus of much academic research.
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By: Martin Lipton, Founding Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz..
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The Game Of 'Activist' Hedge Funds: Cui Bono? H/T The Activist Investor Yvan Allaire Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations (IGOPP) Francois Dauphin Institute for Governance of
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September 14, 2015 9:43 AM
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Shareholders who want to put forward candidates for board membership have to have significant skin in the game and for a certain period of time, argues Yvan Allaire, otherwise it's like granting...
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How is public corporation executives' level of compensation like a ransom? Simon Tremblay-Pepin explains the logic behind the metaphor: first, the kidnapping, then, the ransom.
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Activist investing is a business that polarizes supporters and detractors, and produces some unusual alliances.
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Dados revelam que uma gama de empresas vem gastando mais dinheiro em distribuições de dividendos e recompras de ações, enquanto investem menos em novas fábricas e pesquisa e desenvolvimento.
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From Japan Today comes an interesting column by Yvan Allaire and Francois Dauphin: Now foreign investors, holding over 30% of their shares, are unrelenting in their pressure for Japanese companies to adopt American-style governance. New governance codes have been written and Japanese stock exchanges are pushing for their implementation. Foreign money managers and institutional investors stand to benefit from changes in the ethos of Japanese companies which would make them more like American companies in their devotion to shareholder value creation. That may be the inevitable outcome of a globalized financial market but Japanese promoters of this new governanc
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April 28, 2016 10:02 AM
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Delta Air Lines is buying 75 CSeries jets from Bombardier, with options for 50 more. But there’s no sugarcoating the business reality at Bombardier as the company swung to a first-quarter loss.
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April 28, 2016 9:49 AM
Citation Michel Nadeau
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Not so long ago in an age when they were eating the lunch of American corporations, the Toyotas, Hitachis, Sonys,…
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Everything magazine. Firms and specialized consultants wealth management is no exception. The goal: find the person who understands our needs, which can respond
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Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault said the sale to Lowe's was a step back to the days when ‘anglophones’ and ‘Americans’ controlled Quebec’s economy
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February 4, 2016 9:51 AM
Citation Yvan Allaire
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Yvan Allaire and François Dauphin return to a topic on which they have been active and important commentators and analysts; namely, hedge fund activism. Specifically, they report on a new study they conducted: We ... explored, among other things, the consequences of activism over time when compared to a random sample of firms with similar characteristics at the time of intervention. Focusing on activist events of the years 2010 and 2011, we obtained a sample of 290 campaigns initiated by 165 act
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October 16, 2015 9:20 AM
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September 23, 2015 9:37 AM
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MONTREAL - Public companies can avoid unethical actions if directors are willing to rock the boat an... - Business Breaking News - Brandon Sun.
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August 28, 2015 8:21 AM
Citation Michel Nadeau
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MONTREAL – Although Jacques Parizeau was politically divisive, he was remembered Tuesday by business leaders as an architect of Quebec’s modern economy, having played a key role in building some of its most significant financial institutions. A graduate of the London School of Economics, Parizeau later advised Liberal and Union Nationale premiers in the 1960s to... Read more »
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Organizers of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver were called onto the public carpet a year before the Games when they disclosed that $33 million in “retention bonuses” would be paid to hundreds of employees who stayed on track to the finish line.
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