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Ben Maiden
Shaping Trillium’s plans for 2020
Trillium filed nine board or executive diversity proposals in 2019, up from four last year. What’s behind that focus? These shareholder proposals on executive team diversity were the first of their kind...Read more
Tim Human
Another bad year for hedge funds sees closures and outflows
The hedge fund industry suffered another difficult year in 2019 with continuing fund closures and significant outflows, according to new research. Last year the total number of hedge funds declined for the fifth...Read more
Mike Wallace
Opinion: How companies should interpret Larry Fink’s letter
Rather than getting caught up in a debate over fiduciary duty or whether or not sustainability or ESG performance is material, let’s just cut to the chase on the latest BlackRock letter. It’s...Read more

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Staff Writers
Working together: How governance and IR teams tackle key challenges
Corporate Secretary and IR Magazine are pleased to announce the launch of new special report Working together: How governance and IR teams tackle key challenges . Click here to download the report...Read more
Staff Writers
Investor Perception Study – Greater China 2019 – available now
The Investor Perception Study – Greater China 2019 looks at the current leading companies for IR in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as voted for by the Asian investment community. Click...Read more
Mike Schnitzel
Nearly half of US and UK companies expect recession this year
US and UK executives are feeling pessimistic about the economic prospects for 2020 after a year of economic turbulence and geopolitical turmoil, according to a new study. About 46 percent of UK firms...Read more
Tim Human
The week in IR: Trade deals, $1 tn valuations and AI
- The US has signed an initial trade deal with China following two years of economic tussling that saw tariffs placed on goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars, reported the New York...Read more

Activism

John Popeo
Fed updates rule on activists taking stakes in banks
On January 30, the Fed finalized a rule that relaxes requirements to allow activist investors to take larger ownership interests in banks and maintain greater board representation without triggering control under federal...Read more
Melissa Sawyer and Marc Treviño
Dealing with activist directors with an M&A agenda
This past year, more than ever, activist investors called for the companies they targeted to put themselves up for sale or divest assets. A record 99 campaigns launched in 2019 pushed an M&A-related...Read more
Zsuzsanna Szabo
Shareholder activism fuels board culture change in Asia
Issuers in Asia are more likely to seek settlements with activist investors than they were five years ago, due to activists’ increasing success rate in contested meetings across the region, according to data...Read more
Tim Human
Publishing, media and telecoms companies at highest risk from activists, notes research
Publishing, media and telecommunications are the sectors most vulnerable to activist investors, according to new research. The three industries score highest in a new ranking that assesses companies according to their susceptibility to...Read more

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