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Michael Bloomberg, the founder of the Bloomberg media empire and a potential independent candidate in the 2016 US presidential...Read more
Hedge funds suffered their worst start to a year this year since the financial crisis of 2007-2008 as plunging oil prices and concern...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
February 2016
The Campaign for Accountability, a US-based non-profit organization that aims to fight government misconduct, has launched a lawsuit...Read more
Michael Bloomberg, the founder of the Bloomberg media empire and a potential independent candidate in the 2016 US presidential...Read more
Hedge funds suffered their worst start to a year this year since the financial crisis of 2007-2008 as plunging oil prices and concern...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
Norges Bank, which manages the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, divested from 73 companies last year, bringing the total to 187...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
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has warned leaders of S&P 500 companies that high dividend payouts and share buybacks may be undermining...Read more
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett and other major investors have held...Read more
Norges Bank, which manages the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund for the government of Norway, has placed Petrobras under...Read more
January 2016
The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW), led by a coalition of lobby groups and institutional investors, says it will...Read more
Board members are increasingly meeting with investors and companies are reaching out more to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), according...Read more
Global investor confidence fell in January, led by North American investors, as the price of oil plunged and stocks declined around...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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is leading a group of six institutional investors that have earmarked $2 bn for...Read more
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has named experts in responsible investment, sustainable finance, risk management, climate change...Read more
The number of Fortune 500 CEOs with a presence on social media has climbed slightly to 39 percent in 2015 from 32 percent a year...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
Nonprofit lobby group Ceres and CookESG Research, which specializes in analysis of ESG data disclosure, have launched a new tool they...Read more
Institutional investors are braced for disappointment in quarterly results as fourth quarter reporting starts and are expecting ‘muted...Read more
Investment managers differ widely in the processes they use to make investment decisions, taking disparate approaches to structuring...Read more
Investors now view scripted answers to questions during earnings calls as a negative signal, at least partially negating the advantage...Read more
The New York City pension fund system has filed 72 shareholder resolutions demanding proxy access as a follow-up to its ‘boardroom...Read more
Singapore Exchange (SGX) will introduce sustainability reporting rules on a ‘comply or explain’ basis to replace the voluntary...Read more
Norges Bank Investment Management, which runs the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund , has decided to sell its stake in Chinese...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
French ESG research firm Vigeo has merged with EIRIS, its counterpart in the UK, to form Vigeo EIRIS, an international company focused...Read more
Global investor confidence rose slightly in the last month of 2015 and remained little changed from the start of the year due to...Read more
December 2015
The largest-ever meta analysis of academic studies on investment guided by ESG principles concludes that the business case for ESG...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
Proxy access will remain on the cards in the US while increasing awareness of climate change, diversity and other ESG issues will help...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
Discrimination, forced labor, online privacy and the effects of climate change are among the top 10 human rights issues businesses...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
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will name and shame asset managers that have signed the council’s Stewardship Code but are...Read more
Euronext Group’s five European exchanges plus six others from around the globe have joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative...Read more
OTC Markets Group, which operates the OTCQX trading venue, has upped its governance requirements for US companies and banks. From...Read more
Boards of directors should focus on sustainability issues that significantly affect revenue, promote board diversity and establish...Read more
Olshan Frome Wolosky ranked at the top of the list of law firms engaged to assist shareholders in activist campaigns this year, with...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
The plunge in the price of oil has pushed sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from oil-rich Middle Eastern nations to withdraw $19 bn from...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
Carbon Action, an investor action group with $22 tn in assets under management, has helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 640 mn...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
NASDAQ wants to eliminate or change a rule that requires a vote by shareholders in certain situations where a company is carrying out...Read more
Nigeria’s securities regulator has launched a national fund to insure investors against losses caused by local capital market...Read more
November 2015
Carbon reporting from the world’s 250 biggest companies is so inconsistent as to make it virtually impossible for investors to compare...Read more
Global investor sentiment deteriorated in November as markets worldwide brace for a move toward tighter monetary policy by the US...Read more
China’s securities regulator has lifted an order enforced during the summer volatility that obliged brokerages to buy more shares than...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
Ireland’s government will take several billion dollars out of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, the country’s sovereign wealth...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
The SEC has proposed the creation of new rules obliging dark pools and other alternative trading systems to disclose more information...Read more
Investors and companies are both placing greater emphasis on corporate governance, but are increasingly diverging on the areas of...Read more
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is calling on smaller listed companies to write concise – and understandable – year-end...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
Hedge funds focused on investment in China suffered major losses in the third quarter as share prices fell and investors withdrew...Read more
Peabody Energy, the world’s largest publicly traded coal producer, misled shareholders and investors about the financial risks it...Read more
The SEC is paying ‘intense attention’ to the question of whether to create rules that would oblige investors to disclose short-selling...Read more
US activist investors are increasingly targeting European companies because they perceive share prices to be low and local...Read more
The SEC has filed securities fraud charges against a Scottish trader for sending messages via Twitter that caused price drops of as...Read more
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an investigation into ExxonMobil to determine whether the company has lied to...Read more
Chinese shares soared in the minutes after China’s central bank published undated comments that a program to connect the Shenzhen and...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
The growth in passive investment vehicles will likely reduce shareholder influence over company management in coming years, according...Read more
A group of 35 US Democrat members of Congress, including presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, have written to the SEC demanding...Read more
October 2015
Proxy advisory firm ISS has launched its annual policy consultations, requesting feedback on 16 suggested proxy voting policy changes...Read more
Global investor confidence fell in October, led by investors in North America and Europe, amid uncertainty over economic growth and...Read more
Chinese middle class investors are increasingly looking to invest abroad after sharp losses in the local stock markets and as the...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 US Department of Labor has rescinded a 2008 bulletin that discouraged private industry pension plans from taking ESG factors into...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
Almost three quarters (74 percent) of members of the boards of public companies say an upcoming rule that would require US...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
Index provider MSCI will start publicly reporting the carbon footprint of its more than 160,000 global equities indexes to meet...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
Institutional investors from the US and Norway increased their purchase of stocks on Austria’s all-share ATX Prime Index in the first...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
The power of proxy advisory firms over proxy voting decisions may be overstated, according to research by Proxy Insight. Only about...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
CalPERS is meeting with executives of 27 thermal coal companies as it considers how to divest from them after California’s state...Read more
September 2015
The movement to divest from fossil fuels has grown 50-fold in the past year in terms of assets, with new commitments from CalPERS, the...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
Across all sizes, companies that carried out takeovers outperformed the MSCI World Index by an average of 12 percentage points in the...Read more
Activist hedge funds are facing redemptions and increased pressure from investors after suffering heavy losses in the summer amid...Read more
Pension funds in developed nations are boosting investments outside their home countries as they are forced to seek greater yield to...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
Global investor confidence has deteriorated amid concerns about the outlook for China and the world’s emerging markets, according to...Read more
Q4 Web Systems has acquired market intelligence firm Oxford Intelligence Partners as it targets expansion into a full-service investor...Read more
UK supermarket owner J Sainsbury has started trading its ADRs on the OTCQX market to expand its availability to US investors, becoming...Read more
Proxy adviser ISS has acquired Scandinavia-based Ethix SRI Advisors, which offers sustainable and responsible investment (SRI)...Read more
The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) will work in the next year toward ensuring its 1,400 signatories are more...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
The median pay of IR executives in Australia and New Zealand increased by about 20 percent over the past year and bonuses and...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
Reporting of major sustainability indicators by the world’s large listed corporations has slowed, leaving investors ‘in the dark’ when...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 coalition of institutional investors with more than $60 bn in assets under management is calling on BP, Total, Procter & Gamble...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
Shareholders of Co-operative Bank, the UK financial institution rescued by hedge funds in a recapitalization in 2013, will this month...Read more
Asset management firms based in Australia and elsewhere in Asia-Pacific face rising pressure from institutional investors increasingly...Read more
February 2016
The Campaign for Accountability, a US-based non-profit organization that aims to fight government misconduct, has launched a lawsuit...Read more
Michael Bloomberg, the founder of the Bloomberg media empire and a potential independent candidate in the 2016 US presidential...Read more
Hedge funds suffered their worst start to a year this year since the financial crisis of 2007-2008 as plunging oil prices and concern...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
Norges Bank, which manages the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, divested from 73 companies last year, bringing the total to 187...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
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has warned leaders of S&P 500 companies that high dividend payouts and share buybacks may be undermining...Read more
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett and other major investors have held...Read more
Norges Bank, which manages the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund for the government of Norway, has placed Petrobras under...Read more
January 2016
The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW), led by a coalition of lobby groups and institutional investors, says it will...Read more
Board members are increasingly meeting with investors and companies are reaching out more to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), according...Read more
Global investor confidence fell in January, led by North American investors, as the price of oil plunged and stocks declined around...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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is leading a group of six institutional investors that have earmarked $2 bn for...Read more
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has named experts in responsible investment, sustainable finance, risk management, climate change...Read more
The number of Fortune 500 CEOs with a presence on social media has climbed slightly to 39 percent in 2015 from 32 percent a year...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
Nonprofit lobby group Ceres and CookESG Research, which specializes in analysis of ESG data disclosure, have launched a new tool they...Read more
Institutional investors are braced for disappointment in quarterly results as fourth quarter reporting starts and are expecting ‘muted...Read more
Investment managers differ widely in the processes they use to make investment decisions, taking disparate approaches to structuring...Read more
Investors now view scripted answers to questions during earnings calls as a negative signal, at least partially negating the advantage...Read more
The New York City pension fund system has filed 72 shareholder resolutions demanding proxy access as a follow-up to its ‘boardroom...Read more
Singapore Exchange (SGX) will introduce sustainability reporting rules on a ‘comply or explain’ basis to replace the voluntary...Read more
Norges Bank Investment Management, which runs the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund , has decided to sell its stake in Chinese...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
French ESG research firm Vigeo has merged with EIRIS, its counterpart in the UK, to form Vigeo EIRIS, an international company focused...Read more
Global investor confidence rose slightly in the last month of 2015 and remained little changed from the start of the year due to...Read more
December 2015
The largest-ever meta analysis of academic studies on investment guided by ESG principles concludes that the business case for ESG...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
Proxy access will remain on the cards in the US while increasing awareness of climate change, diversity and other ESG issues will help...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
Discrimination, forced labor, online privacy and the effects of climate change are among the top 10 human rights issues businesses...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
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will name and shame asset managers that have signed the council’s Stewardship Code but are...Read more
Euronext Group’s five European exchanges plus six others from around the globe have joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative...Read more
OTC Markets Group, which operates the OTCQX trading venue, has upped its governance requirements for US companies and banks. From...Read more
Boards of directors should focus on sustainability issues that significantly affect revenue, promote board diversity and establish...Read more
Olshan Frome Wolosky ranked at the top of the list of law firms engaged to assist shareholders in activist campaigns this year, with...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
The plunge in the price of oil has pushed sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from oil-rich Middle Eastern nations to withdraw $19 bn from...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
Carbon Action, an investor action group with $22 tn in assets under management, has helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 640 mn...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
NASDAQ wants to eliminate or change a rule that requires a vote by shareholders in certain situations where a company is carrying out...Read more
Nigeria’s securities regulator has launched a national fund to insure investors against losses caused by local capital market...Read more
November 2015
Carbon reporting from the world’s 250 biggest companies is so inconsistent as to make it virtually impossible for investors to compare...Read more
Global investor sentiment deteriorated in November as markets worldwide brace for a move toward tighter monetary policy by the US...Read more
China’s securities regulator has lifted an order enforced during the summer volatility that obliged brokerages to buy more shares than...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
Ireland’s government will take several billion dollars out of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, the country’s sovereign wealth...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
The SEC has proposed the creation of new rules obliging dark pools and other alternative trading systems to disclose more information...Read more
Investors and companies are both placing greater emphasis on corporate governance, but are increasingly diverging on the areas of...Read more
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is calling on smaller listed companies to write concise – and understandable – year-end...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
Hedge funds focused on investment in China suffered major losses in the third quarter as share prices fell and investors withdrew...Read more
Peabody Energy, the world’s largest publicly traded coal producer, misled shareholders and investors about the financial risks it...Read more
The SEC is paying ‘intense attention’ to the question of whether to create rules that would oblige investors to disclose short-selling...Read more
US activist investors are increasingly targeting European companies because they perceive share prices to be low and local...Read more
The SEC has filed securities fraud charges against a Scottish trader for sending messages via Twitter that caused price drops of as...Read more
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an investigation into ExxonMobil to determine whether the company has lied to...Read more
Chinese shares soared in the minutes after China’s central bank published undated comments that a program to connect the Shenzhen and...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
The growth in passive investment vehicles will likely reduce shareholder influence over company management in coming years, according...Read more
A group of 35 US Democrat members of Congress, including presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, have written to the SEC demanding...Read more
October 2015
Proxy advisory firm ISS has launched its annual policy consultations, requesting feedback on 16 suggested proxy voting policy changes...Read more
Global investor confidence fell in October, led by investors in North America and Europe, amid uncertainty over economic growth and...Read more
Chinese middle class investors are increasingly looking to invest abroad after sharp losses in the local stock markets and as the...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 US Department of Labor has rescinded a 2008 bulletin that discouraged private industry pension plans from taking ESG factors into...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
Almost three quarters (74 percent) of members of the boards of public companies say an upcoming rule that would require US...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
Index provider MSCI will start publicly reporting the carbon footprint of its more than 160,000 global equities indexes to meet...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
Institutional investors from the US and Norway increased their purchase of stocks on Austria’s all-share ATX Prime Index in the first...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
The power of proxy advisory firms over proxy voting decisions may be overstated, according to research by Proxy Insight. Only about...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
CalPERS is meeting with executives of 27 thermal coal companies as it considers how to divest from them after California’s state...Read more
September 2015
The movement to divest from fossil fuels has grown 50-fold in the past year in terms of assets, with new commitments from CalPERS, the...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
Across all sizes, companies that carried out takeovers outperformed the MSCI World Index by an average of 12 percentage points in the...Read more
Activist hedge funds are facing redemptions and increased pressure from investors after suffering heavy losses in the summer amid...Read more
Pension funds in developed nations are boosting investments outside their home countries as they are forced to seek greater yield to...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
Global investor confidence has deteriorated amid concerns about the outlook for China and the world’s emerging markets, according to...Read more
Q4 Web Systems has acquired market intelligence firm Oxford Intelligence Partners as it targets expansion into a full-service investor...Read more
UK supermarket owner J Sainsbury has started trading its ADRs on the OTCQX market to expand its availability to US investors, becoming...Read more
Proxy adviser ISS has acquired Scandinavia-based Ethix SRI Advisors, which offers sustainable and responsible investment (SRI)...Read more
The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) will work in the next year toward ensuring its 1,400 signatories are more...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
The median pay of IR executives in Australia and New Zealand increased by about 20 percent over the past year and bonuses and...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
Reporting of major sustainability indicators by the world’s large listed corporations has slowed, leaving investors ‘in the dark’ when...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 coalition of institutional investors with more than $60 bn in assets under management is calling on BP, Total, Procter & Gamble...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
Shareholders of Co-operative Bank, the UK financial institution rescued by hedge funds in a recapitalization in 2013, will this month...Read more
Asset management firms based in Australia and elsewhere in Asia-Pacific face rising pressure from institutional investors increasingly...Read more