Michael Bloomberg, the founder of the Bloomberg media empire and a potential independent candidate in the 2016 US presidential...Read more

An investor group led by Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group (Casin Group) has agreed to buy the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) in the...Read more

After public consultation, MSCI has decided to cut 18 Hong Kong-listed stocks from its indexes because of their high concentration of...Read more

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett and other major investors have held...Read more

Board members are increasingly meeting with investors and companies are reaching out more to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), according...Read more

Total hedge fund capital increased in the fourth quarter as performance gains amid sharp volatility more than made up for net capital...Read more

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has named experts in responsible investment, sustainable finance, risk management, climate change...Read more

Saudi Arabia plans to create a new sovereign wealth fund (SWF) that will likely skip asset managers and invest directly in companies...Read more

Institutional investors are braced for disappointment in quarterly results as fourth quarter reporting starts and are expecting ‘muted...Read more

Investors now view scripted answers to questions during earnings calls as a negative signal, at least partially negating the advantage...Read more

Singapore Exchange (SGX) will introduce sustainability reporting rules on a ‘comply or explain’ basis to replace the voluntary...Read more

China’s securities regulator will extend a six-month ban on stock sales by major investors after the country’s main stock indexes...Read more

IPO activity declined from 2014’s record-setting numbers but remained in line with the 10-year annual global median of IPOs amid a...Read more

Hedge fund closures rose, assets under management fell and a key hedge fund index suffered its biggest drop in four years in the third...Read more

India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) has signed an agreement with London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group that could lead to the creation...Read more

Euronext Group’s five European exchanges plus six others from around the globe have joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative...Read more

Boards of directors should focus on sustainability issues that significantly affect revenue, promote board diversity and establish...Read more

The proportion of companies on Australia’s ASX 200 that offer earnings guidance has fallen steadily in the last three years amid fear...Read more

Companies with strong female leadership outperform others by 36 percent in terms of return on equity, according to MSCI analysis of...Read more

India’s securities regulator will allow stock exchanges such as the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of...Read more

Global investor sentiment deteriorated in November as markets worldwide brace for a move toward tighter monetary policy by the US...Read more

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has gone live with ELITE Connect, a new platform the company says will help IR professionals...Read more

Most activist investors see opportunities for their brand of investment at small to mid-cap companies, particularly in the energy and...Read more

Investors and companies are both placing greater emphasis on corporate governance, but are increasingly diverging on the areas of...Read more

Index provider MSCI will include the ADRs of Alibaba, Baidu, NetEase and 11 other US-traded stocks in some of its largest indexes...Read more

Peabody Energy, the world’s largest publicly traded coal producer, misled shareholders and investors about the financial risks it...Read more

US activist investors are increasingly targeting European companies because they perceive share prices to be low and local...Read more

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an investigation into ExxonMobil to determine whether the company has lied to...Read more

A high-frequency trader in the US has become the first person ever convicted of spoofing after the government won a case against him...Read more

Global investor confidence fell in October, led by investors in North America and Europe, amid uncertainty over economic growth and...Read more

Facebook, which has been steadily advancing into the professional world, has signed up the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) – its biggest...Read more

The world’s largest banks are failing to adequately measure, disclose or manage the risks presented by global climate change and are...Read more

Companies with strong and improving ESG reporting in emerging markets have higher annual returns and are much less likely to suffer...Read more

A sharp drop in hedge fund income from performance fees combined with lower overall returns in the industry could spur a wave of...Read more

The world’s largest sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) of oil-producing nations have been selling European equity holdings as lower oil...Read more

Company management teams were three times more likely to be bearish in the third quarter than the second, according to a survey of...Read more

London has surpassed New York to become the world’s top financial center , according to Z/Yen Group’s Global Financial Centers Index...Read more

Activist hedge funds are facing redemptions and increased pressure from investors after suffering heavy losses in the summer amid...Read more

The 2015 proxy season in the UK has seen ‘much more purposeful engagement’ but was marked by discontent with governance at several...Read more

Q4 Web Systems has acquired market intelligence firm Oxford Intelligence Partners as it targets expansion into a full-service investor...Read more

Proxy adviser ISS has acquired Scandinavia-based Ethix SRI Advisors, which offers sustainable and responsible investment (SRI)...Read more

Q4 Web Systems has launched a package of services, website and webcast tools that will be offered free of charge to companies going...Read more

Recent turmoil in Chinese stock markets may delay a plan to connect the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shenzhen until next year,...Read more

A US court has ordered the SEC to speed up its creation of a final rule obliging oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments...Read more

A group of 44 US senators are calling on SEC chairman Mary Jo White to oblige companies to tell investors how much money they spend –...Read more

A US federal judge has thrown out a case inspired by Michael Lewis’ book, Flash Boys , against Barclays and major stock...Read more

Activist investor Third Point has agreed to settle charges that it failed to inform regulators it was building a large stake in Yahoo...Read more

A US appeals court has ruled that the SEC can’t oblige companies to disclose whether their products have minerals from conflict zones...Read more

Closir, a London-based start-up, has launched the beta version of an online platform the company says will help institutional...Read more

Morningstar plans to launch the world’s first ESG scores for global mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, using ESG company ratings...Read more

Proxy access proposals adopted this season in the US are often ‘toothless’ or ‘make access difficult,’ and companies that adopt them...Read more

Global hedge funds focused on China had their worst month in four years in July as Chinese stocks dropped despite repeated attempts by...Read more

The SEC has approved a hotly debated rule that obliges publicly traded companies to disclose the ratio of the pay of their chief...Read more

Asset managers are increasingly focusing on risk and compliance in their conversations with clients, their investment strategies and...Read more

New client money entering Europe-focused funds so far this year has nearly doubled from the same period last year to reach almost $66...Read more

Companies held 21 DR offerings globally in the first half of this year, raising a combined $3.8 bn, led by increased activity from...Read more

Nikkei, Japan’s leading publisher of financial news, has bought the Financial Times from Pearson for $1.3 bn, beating out a...Read more

Toshiba’s chief executive and president, Hisao Tanaka, has resigned after an independent panel announced the company had overstated...Read more

Improving financial performance pushed UK dividend payments to their highest level since before the financial crisis of 2008 –...Read more

Canadian PR firm National Public Relations has bought Canadian investor relations firm Equicom from TMX Group, the owner of the...Read more

China’s stock market regulators are likely to create a buffer fund to help the government intervene in the market during times of...Read more

Investors have heightened their expectations for earnings in the second quarter, with most expecting improvements from the first...Read more

A new report by EY suggests there are four takeaways from the 2015 proxy season: investor engagement on governance is now mainstream,...Read more

Chinese outbound direct investment (ODI) will likely accelerate in coming years as Chinese companies take over international rivals,...Read more

The SEC has proposed rules that would claw back executive compensation in cases where the company made accounting errors or other...Read more

The global IPO market grew slightly in the first half of the year in terms of deals, while total capital raised fell, primarily as a...Read more

The vast majority of investors and analysts want IROs to consider international time zones and competing company calls when they...Read more

The number of hostile takeover bids in the US has more than doubled so far this year from the same period last year as shareholders...Read more

Upcoming UK regulations meant to hold non-executive directors responsible for breaches of good governance may have a ‘dramatic and...Read more

Global investors are shifting away from equities and into cash amid growing concerns over a US interest rate hike, a Greek default and...Read more

Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has acquired IVOX, the top German provider of proxy advisory and governance services for institutional...Read more

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), one of the largest asset managers in the UK, has called on companies operating in...Read more

Fifty-eight percent of global investors believe their local stock market will end the year in positive territory, according to a...Read more

One third of US firms have changed compensation plans as a direct result of shareholder pressure as investors, the media, policy...Read more

The influential Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren, known for her campaign in favor of Dodd-Frank regulations, has lashed out at SEC...Read more

Huatai Securities, the fourth-largest brokerage in China by revenue, has launched what could be the biggest IPO in Hong Kong in four...Read more

Gateley, a UK national commercial law firm, will launch an IPO this year, becoming the first law firm in the country to list shares...Read more

A group of non-profit organizations has created an online platform, called Vote Your Pension , to pressure pension funds ahead of key...Read more

SEC commissioner Daniel Gallagher, an outspoken critic of Dodd-Frank, is to resign, heralding a transformation at the regulator,...Read more

The SEC has approved a two-year pilot program to try wider trading increments, or tick sizes , for stocks of smaller companies to...Read more

Optimism over the Chinese economy dimmed sharply in April amid slowing growth, a worsening outlook for exports and rising stock...Read more

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to overtake hedge funds worldwide in terms of assets invested as strong returns in recent years...Read more

Shareholder advocacy group As You Sow has released its first set of proxy voting guidelines , focusing on ESG issues such as executive...Read more

Australian investors are increasingly focusing on active management strategies as domestic and overseas results diverge, according to...Read more

Social media has become a key source of decision-making information for institutional investors that are now using it as a regular...Read more

Sweeping changes to global capital markets and ‘staccato-like volatility’ over the next five years will force companies to respond to...Read more

Global investors see a valuation bubble forming in both bonds and equities, with the US as home to the most overvalued financial...Read more

North American investors are more pessimistic about upcoming first quarter earnings reports than for the previous quarter, while those...Read more

Nine US pension funds that collectively manage more than $1.1 tn in assets have petitioned the SEC to impose additional diversity...Read more

Global IPO activity has slowed in the first quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, led primarily by a slowdown in new...Read more

Two mid-cap and two small-cap companies have earned perfect scores on a range of MSCI indicators for traits including good governance...Read more

Sustainable investments match or beat the performance of comparable traditional investments most of the time, according to a Morgan...Read more

More than 75 percent of institutional investors say companies are not doing a good job of explaining why their directors are the right...Read more

Bank of America has agreed to allow investors to nominate directors to the board if they have held at least a 3 percent stake in the...Read more

SEC chairman Mary Jo White warned activist investors to steer clear of false or misleading statements and unfounded accusations in a...Read more

Investor optimism over US equities has declined sharply amid expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in the second...Read more

In the first such case in Europe, the Financial Supervisory of Norway (Finanstilsynet) has accused DnB Asset Management of charging...Read more

Investors have filed a record number of shareholder proposals on ESG issues this year, with a focus on climate change and corporate...Read more

Activist strategies led gains in the hedge fund industry in February as companies maintained high levels of cash holdings and recent...Read more

A coalition of 17 business groups has called on the SEC to reinstate its policy of expressing viewpoints on shareholder proposals that...Read more

Stock buybacks jumped to a record in February, with companies announcing enough repurchases to cover 2 percent of the entire trading...Read more

Assets classified as responsible investments (RI) surged 61 percent worldwide over the past two years amid increasing awareness of...Read more

Public companies entering Canada’s fledgling medical marijuana market are failing to disclose a series of business risks and are...Read more

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it will launch a study into competition in the country’s investment and corporate...Read more

Global assets under management by Islamic funds grew slightly last year and are likely set for rapid growth in coming years as the...Read more

Chinese online retail giant Alibaba, which has come under pressure from Chinese regulators on allegations of failing to crack down on...Read more

The SEC has proposed new rules that would require companies to disclose whether directors, officers and other employees are allowed to...Read more

Three months after China opened its much-anticipated trading link between Shanghai and Hong Kong , designed to allow for increased...Read more

Profit warnings in the UK hit a six-year high in 2014, despite an improving economy, as a sudden increase in market volatility and an...Read more

Plunging oil prices will spur competitors to lower airfares while hedges already in place will limit benefits from lower-cost oil for...Read more

Capital raising via global depositary receipts (GDRs) slumped in London even as the overall market for depositary receipts grew,...Read more

Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis is considering recommending that shareholders vote against board candidates when a company counters a...Read more

After a series of currency shocks, a plunge in the price of oil and policy surprises at several central banks in recent weeks and...Read more

Investor optimism waned in January amid signs of slowing global growth, the sharp drop in the price of oil that threatens to cut...Read more

Investors plan to intensify their scrutiny of directors’ qualifications, increase their exposure to clean energy technologies and look...Read more

Leading shareholders of MSCI are pushing the company to break itself up so it can split off its stock market index business and put it...Read more

Executives at German companies have overtaken their counterparts in the UK in terms of pay for the first time amid growing pressure on...Read more