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Garnet Roach
The week in investor relations: Active managers underperform, and Unilever nears share unification
– The belief that Joe Biden is going to win the upcoming US election drove a shift in US stock purchases, The Guardian reported. Despite failing to predict US President Donald...Read more
Bridget Realmuto LaPerla, Travis Whitmore
The intersection of securities lending and ESG investing
In early December 2019 the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund announced that it had ‘decided to suspend stock lending until further notice’. This is one example of a growing number of asset owners...Read more
Mike Schnitzel
What will the US election mean for the markets?
This year’s US election threatens to be one of the most contentious and bitter in recent memory. In ordinary election years, investors tend to take a more conservative approach to the markets, based...Read more

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Staff Writers
Off-Season Governance report now available
IR Magazine has released a new report investigating how companies engage with investors on governance and related issues outside of the proxy season. The report examines the different types of governance-related activities...Read more
Staff Writers
Investor Perception Study – Europe 2020 – available now
The Investor Perception Study – Europe 2020 looks at the current leading companies and individuals for IR in Europe as voted for by the investment community. Click here to download the report...Read more
Garnet Roach
From suits to T-shirts: AstraZeneca makes move from NYSE to Nasdaq
At midnight last night AstraZeneca switched its US listing from the NYSE to Nasdaq, with the growth of passive investing playing a role in the decision to switch stock exchanges. There are ‘three...Read more
Staff Writers
Investor Perception Study – US 2020 – available now
The Investor Perception Study – US 2020 looks at the current leading companies and individuals for IR in the US as voted for by the investment community. Click here to download the...Read more

Activism

Wei Fang
Listed companies navigate new wave of shareholder activism
Sponsored content Corporations have faced unprecedented challenges this year, from the outbreak of Covid-19 to the subsequent contraction of the global economy, but there is another evolving challenge on the rise: shareholder...Read more
Tim Human
The week in investor relations: Board diversity, climate votes and stock exchanges
– Legal & General (L&G), which manages £1.2 tn ($1.6 tn) in assets, called on FTSE 100 companies to have at least one non-white director by 2022, reported the BBC . The British...Read more
Tim Human
What’s driving activism in Japan?
Japanese firms might have expected a breather from shareholder activism in 2020. Given the devastating impact of Covid-19, businesses arguably have less room to meet activist demands on returning cash to shareholders or...Read more
Tim Human
Investors maintain pressure on UK companies over executive pay
Investors have kept up the pressure on UK companies over corporate governance issues despite the huge disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, according to new research. The proportion of FTSE 350 companies receiving...Read more

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