Icahn drops bid for control of Dell
Carl Icahn has thrown in the towel in his more than year-long campaign to gain control of Dell, just three days before a...
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Shareholders & activism archive
ISS hints at 2014 focus on boardrooms
Fresh from a 2013 season laden with controversy over executive pay and proxy access, proxy advisory firm ISS is now turning its...
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Activist investors targeting larger companies
Activist shareholders are setting their sights on larger companies, according to the latest report from Activist Insight, a UK...
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Would Comptroller Spitzer be good for governance?
Eliot Spitzer, if he wins election as New York City’s next comptroller, could be in an interesting position to shine a brighter...
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Harvard group's board declassification campaign accelerates
The campaign to move to annual election of board members, launched last year by a Harvard Law School-led team of shareholder...
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ProxyPulse argues for greater shareholder engagement
The second edition of ProxyPulse, released on July 8, shows that companies that aren’t getting at least 70 percent approval for...
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ICGN panel debates value of investor activism
Is activism by hedge funds with mainly shorter-term interests able to generate long-term benefits for companies and other...
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Millstein Governance Forum: debating disclosure of equity ownership
Institutional investors now own nearly 75 percent of US public companies versus about 50 percent in 1950 and are much less...
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2013 proxy season: webcast reviews first half
Executive pay for performance and the disconnect between CEO compensation and returns to shareholders over the last one, three and...
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Broadridge and PwC release proxy voting trends report
Broadridge Financial Solutions and PwC’s Center for Board Governance on June 4 released the first edition of ProxyPulse, which...
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