Shareholders & activism archive

Shannon Kinney has what could fairly be called a wide-ranging portfolio at ConocoPhillips – and one that has posed considerable...

Engaging with a company’s shareholders is an ever-more important task for governance teams, and one that for a growing number of...

Investors are increasingly looking for issuers to communicate their ESG strategy. In the US, the formation of the Investor...

General Motors’ proxy statement for 2018 has to be seen in context of what the company was going through in order to fully...

– The Washington Post reported that Google has been fined almost $57 million by French regulators, which said the company violated...

– The Wall Street Journal reported that the UK home secretary and chancellor will jointly chair a new task force that will work...

When stocks take the kind of nosedive they did in December 2018, market prognosticators tend to pronounce slowdowns in all types...

– The Guardian reported that Barclays is being threatened with a boardroom shake-up after an activist investor announced plans for...

This article originally appeared in the latest Corporate Secretary special report. Click here to view the full publication. Around...

The key activist trends of 2018 centered around M&A activity, ESG issues and activist director nominations, according to a leading...