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Ben Ashwell
Launching an impact-investment effort
What is the history of Spouting Rock and who are its clients? Spouting Rock began as a single family office. It was founded by our current president, Blakely Page. He had been...Read more
Gill Newton
Seeing worldwide investment opportunities
C WorldWide Asset Management (previously Carnegie Asset Management) was created in 1986 as part of the Carnegie Group. The company was spun out of Carnegie Investment Bank in 2009 and the name changed...Read more
Andrew Holt
Investors upbeat on dealing with next market crisis, reveals report
Despite the possible negative ramifications of the US-China trade talks and other threatened tariff walls, institutional investors are bullish when it comes to dealing with the next serious case of market volatility, reveals...Read more

Case studies

Andrew Holt
Infosys wins two gongs at IR Magazine Awards – India
IT consulting firm Infosys took away two gongs at the IR Magazine Awards – India 2019, winning best IR team (large cap) and best use of media and technology. The awards, which were...Read more
Andrew Holt
The week in investor relations: Thomson to turn Chinese, and another US geopolitical crisis
Thomas Cook’s biggest shareholder, Fosun Tourism Group, has held talks about buying the embattled tour operating business, which, if successful, would result in the company passing into Chinese ownership, reported The Sunday...Read more
Andrew Holt
The week in IR: From Woodford’s ills to issues of a Sanders presidency
At the start of the week, Neil Woodford’s Patient Capital Trust, a constituent of London’s FTSE 250 Index, fell as much as 20 percent in early trading before closing 7.2 percent lower at...Read more
Garnet Roach
Crisis management and rebuilding reputation at Volkswagen
Talking to Oliver Larkin, the group head of IR at Volkswagen who took over the role as the company’s well-publicized diesel scandals were hot copy for the world’s media, it’s interesting to hear...Read more

Activism

Ben Maiden
Canadian activism seen as ongoing despite slowdown
Industry advisers say activist investing in Canada is very much still on the agenda despite a drop-off from last year’s mini boom, a new report finds. A record 75 Canada-based companies faced public...Read more
Garnet Roach
Shareholder activism down 15 percent globally so far this year
Worldwide, there has been a 15 percent drop in the number of companies publicly subjected to activist demands so far this year, according to Activist Insight data on campaigns to the end of...Read more
Andrew Holt
Surviving an activist and dealing with broken windows
When Vivendi rode into Ubisoft’s town in October 2015, the consensus view was that the latter was condemned, facing an opponent that was both financially strong and shrewd. Fast-forward to the present and...Read more
Garnet Roach
Shareholder activism down more than 40 percent in Canada
The number of Canadian firms publicly targeted by activist investors in the first quarter of 2019 is down 43 percent on the same period last year. Whereas Q1 2018 saw 32 firms come...Read more

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