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Judith Ugwumadu
The week in IR: Hong Kong securities watchdog cracks down on margin finance, and SEC sides with Exxon on shareholder climate proposal
Hong Kong’s securities watchdog said it is cracking down on margin finance after a number of high-profile collapses in the share prices of traded companies, reported the Financial Times . The Securities...Read more
Andrew Holt
Investors boosting allocation to hedge funds
Despite a turbulent 2018, noticeable for poor performance, institutional investors are boosting their allocation to hedge funds, driven by a search for alpha generation and diversification, a JPMorgan Chase institutional investor survey finds...Read more
Will Pomroy
Hermes: Five misconceptions of company engagement
This investor engagement role remains a young phenomenon for most and therefore many myths exist around approaches to engagement and a company’s willingness to change. Here, Will Pomroy, lead engager of the Hermes...Read more

Case studies

Jeff Cossette
Strategy, content, design – taking the proxy statement to the next level: Ticker 100
This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE. Once little more than an exercise in regulatory compliance, the proxy statement...Read more
Staff Writers
Investor Perception Study – Canada 2019 is now available
The Investor Perception Study – Canada 2019 looks at the current leading companies and individuals for IR in Canada as voted for by the investment community. A total of 216 portfolio managers...Read more
Garnet Roach
Agnico Eagle Mines takes top haul at IR Magazine Awards – Canada 2019
Agnico Eagle Mines has gone home the big winner from the IR Magazine Awards – Canada 2019, taking five trophies including some of the most coveted awards of the night. The firm took...Read more
Staff Writers
Investor Perception Study – US 2019 is now available
The Investor Perception Study – US 2019 looks at the current leading companies and individuals for IR in the US as voted for by the investment community. A total of 440 portfolio...Read more

Activism

Andrew Holt
NIRI endorses Copland evidence given to Senate Committee
NIRI has revealed it supports some of the criticisms made by James Copland from the Washington-based conservative think tank the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research in his evidence to a Senate Committee last...Read more
Andrew Holt
Think tank criticizes activist influence as having ‘negative’ impact on shareholder value
A leading New York policy wonk has criticized the shareholding and activist process in the US, with a particular condemnation of ESG issues and the influence of special interest groups, in testimony given...Read more
Andrew Holt
Activist hedge funds are ‘impotent’, says study
Activist hedge funds are unable to effect meaningful change at corporations, according to a new research paper by a former academic. In a critical paper, ‘The unfulfilled promise of hedge fund activism’, JB...Read more
Andrew Holt
Investment Association committee lists three issues to grill companies on at AGMs
Britain’s upcoming AGM season could be a sparky affair, after 15 asset managers at the Investment Association’s (IA) corporate governance and engagement committee have decided on three topics to put to public companies...Read more

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