The enthusiasm for sustainable investing is higher than ever. But in terms of shareholder proposals that were actually passed in the proxy season, the picture looks less rosy...
Smaller companies have a steep hill to climb when it comes to recruiting more women and minorities to their boards, but the nation’s two largest proxy advisors can make it even harder...
Shareholder activism is in for a dramatic shift as investors move away from the classic approach of targeting improvements at a single company and instead work to benefit their entire portfolios...
For months, retail investors posting on a Reddit forum were broadcasting their intentions to take down a prominent, but reclusive, hedge fund called Melvin Capital...
When hedge funds agitate for change at companies, women wind up with less representation on boards, according to research from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Renmin University of China...
On June 13, 2019, activist hedge fund Trian Partners announced a 6 percent stake in a major plumbing and heating company. Within three months, the company’s CEO had resigned...
Chief executive officers are getting the benefit of luck as they struggle with their boards for power, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
Shareholder activists launched fewer campaigns in the first quarter than they have in some time, but companies are bracing themselves for that to change...
At the top of his list is a new corporate governance code, under consideration in the Duma, that Shvetsov sees as critical to checking the ability of majority owners to abuse the rights of minority shareholders. Most publicly listed Russian companies are still ...
GLOBAL INSURANCE COMPANIES DIDN'T JUMP ON the sustainability bandwagon just yesterday. For example, Lloyds published a report titled Climate Change: Adapt or Bust back in 2006. But for insurers, making sustainability part of their business and finding common ground in a fragmented market are easier said than done. Many environmental, social responsibility and corporate governance (ESG) issues are too big and complex and need widespread action across society, innovation and long-term solution