Shares of Cerner are up 20% this year but the medical records company can still rise much further as it is still cheap, activist investor Jeff Smith said Tuesday. Smith, the CEO of Starboard Value, told CNBC's David Faber the company can expand its operating margins by about 3.5% if it meets certain targets the activist investor helped Cerner implement. "The market is not giving them credit for those targets. We believe those targets are achievable," Smith said...

One of Wall Street’s most powerful activist investors has trained his sights on Sony for the second time in six years, sending shares in the Japanese conglomerate up on the prospect of a break-up. Dan Loeb, the head of Third Point Capital, is planning to raise up to $1bn (£770m) to raise its stake in Sony and agitate for change, according to reports...

LONDON (Reuters) - An activist group said it has withdrawn a shareholder resolution calling on Royal Dutch Shell to change its climate policy after the oil and gas company reached a broad agreement with investors on the issue. The Anglo-Dutch energy company drew rare praise from investors and environmental activists in December when it set out plans to introduce industry-leading targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and link them to executive pay...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Activist investor Elliott has hiked its stake in German 3D printing firm SLM Solutions to 29.8 percent and is bringing in new supervisory board members following a series of profit warnings and a slump in the company's share price. SLM said in a statement on Thursday that Elliott would acquire all new shares from a capital increase, priced at 7.23 euros (£6.2) a share. SLM said it would reap 13 million euros in proceeds from the deal...

A shareholder rebellion is brewing before Royal Bank of Scotland’s annual general meeting as investor groups raise red flags over a pay policy that involves the chief executive receiving £350,000 per year in pension payments. The Investment Association (IA) and individual shareholder society ShareSoc have released reports raising concern over pension payments for the bank’s CEO, Ross McEwan, which are out of line with the rest of its workforce...

By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays chief executive Jes Staley took direct control of its under-pressure investment bank on Wednesday, ousting the head of the business Tim Throsby in a surprise shake-up as he battles an activist investor. Staley is assuming oversight of the three Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) divisions, banking, markets and corporate bank, in a move he said would help improve overall returns to more than the 7 percent achieved in 2018...

The three most senior board members at Domino’s Pizza Group are all preparing to step down amid a deepening row with franchisees which has helped wipe hundreds of millions of pounds off the company’s share price. Sky News can reveal that Domino's has begun a formal search to replace Helen Keays, who has served on the board for nearly eight years, including the last three as senior independent director...

An influential investor group has written to more than 60 publicly listed companies with only a single female director, including Domino’s Pizza and JD Sports, raising concerns over a lack of gender diversity and warning of a backlash if progress is stalled...

(Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm International Shareholder Services on Monday recommended that Hyundai Motor Group investors elect some directors nominated by Elliott Management as the activist hedge fund braces for a showdown with the South Korean conglomerate...

PARIS (Reuters) - French media conglomerate Vivendi responded on Monday to an appeal by Elliott to Telecom Italia (TIM) shareholders, saying the activist investor was not working for the benefit of all shareholders, but only for itself. Vivendi said in a statement that it saw itself as a long-term investor in TIM, and had no other intention other to put in place a neutral board...

(Reuters) - Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd, under pressure from activist investor Elliott Management Corp to address its excess capital and governance structure, announced a smaller-than-sought 2.6 trillion won (£1.76 billion) shareholder return package. The de facto holding company of South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor rejected a 2.5 trillion won dividend demanded by Elliott and also new board members it recommended, a source familiar with the matter said...

(Reuters) - Kimmeridge Energy Management Company on Friday announced a stake in PDC Energy Inc and called on the Denver-based oil and gas producer to cut costs and return more cash to shareholders. In response, PDC Energy said it continued to focus on capital discipline and executing its operational and financial goals, and would update shareholders on its plans when it releases its 2018 earnings on Feb. 28...

Activist investor Carl Icahn has a 9.8 percent stake in Caesars Entertainment and believes the casino operator should explore a sale, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing released Tuesday. The filing, which confirms previous reports that Icahn has taken a stake in the company, said: "Shareholder value might be best served, and enhanced, by selling the company." Caesars shares jumped to their highs of the day after the filing. They were up 4.1 percent as of 1:04 p.m. ET...

(Reuters) - Activist investor Elliott kept up the pressure on French spirits group Pernod Ricard, welcoming this week's first-half results but calling for boardroom changes and better margins. Elliott, which has built a stake of just over 2.5 percent in Pernod Ricard, has called on the family-backed group to raise profit margins to bring them more into line with British rival Diageo...

When it comes to defending a company against an agitated investor, the devil you know may be better than the devil you don't. That's the recent mindset among corporations and investors alike when it comes to fending off potential intruders — and it's increasingly blurring the lines of how management views the role of activist investors. Case-in-point is Papa John's International...

LONDON (Reuters) - Activist investor Edward Bramson has submitted an application to join the board at Barclays, the British bank in which his fund vehicle Sherborne Investors holds a 5.1 percent stake. Sherborne invested in the lender in March 2018 with a view to making changes in its strategy and improving shareholder returns. Investors will vote at the bank's annual general meeting on May 2 on the proposal...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three-quarters of Japanese companies have no plan to create committees overseeing compensation or executive nomination, a Reuters poll found, reflecting indifference to boosting governance after the arrest of former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn...

MILAN (Reuters) - Activist investor Elliott urged Telecom Italia's board to spin-off its fixed-line network, after Italy's telecoms regulator gave an initial thumbs-down to a Vivendi plan to create a wholly-owned subsidiary instead. AGCOM said on Sunday that the proposal drawn up by former Chief Executive Amos Genish, appointed when French media group Vivendi controlled Telecom Italia's (TIM) board, would not reduce the power TIM has got over the market...

PARIS (Reuters) - French family-backed spirits group Pernod Ricard , which is being targeted by activist investor Elliott, said it is striving to improve its governance and will communicate on future changes once they have been approved by its board. "We have not needed any external input as regards our continuous drive to seek to improve our governance," said a company spokesman to Reuters...

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is building a stake in casino company Caesars Entertainment, sources familiar said. This is a developing story. Check back for updates...

The chairman and chief executive of Debenhams have been ousted from the retailer’s boardroom after two major shareholders – including Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct – voted against them. The chairman, Ian Cheshire, stepped down immediately while the chief executive, Sergio Bucher, will stay on but not as a director...

Persimmon boss Jeff Fairburn is to step down on Monday, bringing to a close a year of controversy over executive pay at the housebuilder. Last month he agreed to quit the FTSE 100 company because of the “distraction” over his controversial £75 million pay-packet, which he said was hurting his and the company’s reputation. The bumper bonus sparked outcry among politicians and shareholders, and was rejected by 48.5% of Persimmon investors in April as they vented their anger over the deal...

Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news ) has rejected an attempt by Edward Bramson, the activist investor, to gain a seat on the board of Britain's third-biggest bank, paving the way for an escalation in hostilities between them in 2019. Sky News has learnt that Mr Bramson raised the idea of Barclays granting Sherborne Investors a board seat several weeks ago, but was told that the lender regarded the move as being inappropriate...

BT is to overhaul the way it sets executive pay after the telecoms giant suffered a revolt over outgoing boss Gavin Patterson’s bumper £2.3 million remuneration. The firm said that, following a rebellion in which 34% of investors rejected its remuneration report in July, it spent time engaging with shareholders...