Aug 11, 2020
Since 2014, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced a stewardship code, Japanese companies have found themselves under sustained...Read more
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May 15, 2020
The US economy is not immune to the Covid-19 pandemic. Increased market volatility, lower stock prices, the reluctance of shareholders...Read more
Feb 19, 2020
CFOs and IROs have a growing list of stakeholders beyond Wall Street: customers, employees, vendors, regulators, philanthropists,...Read more
Oct 22, 2019
Shareholder activism hit record highs in Canada during 2018 and, while the activity has trailed off somewhat this year, speakers at...Read more
Oct 18, 2019
– A majority of investors think the US-China trade war is the ‘new normal’, according to a survey of global fund managers conducted by...Read more
Jul 19, 2019
An array of trends are revealed in financial advisory firm Lazard’s first-half 2019 Review of Shareholder Activism. These include: –...Read more
Jun 10, 2019
Worldwide, there has been a 15 percent drop in the number of companies publicly subjected to activist demands so far this year,...Read more
May 10, 2019
The on-off trade talks between the US and China have taken another turn and appear to be headed toward a trade war. Tariffs on $200 bn...Read more
May 02, 2019
When Vivendi rode into Ubisoft’s town in October 2015, the consensus view was that the latter was condemned, facing an opponent that...Read more
Apr 03, 2019
Activist hedge funds are unable to effect meaningful change at corporations, according to a new research paper by a former academic...Read more
