The times they are a-changing
Challenging times require a fresh approach to most things and, in response to the rapidly evolving regulatory framework and the...
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Shareholders & activism archive
Proxy access: mututally assured destruction
The satirical English poet Alexander Pope once wrote that ‘a little learning is a dangerous thing’. The same can be said for a...
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Hope springs: 5th annual end of annual meeting season celebration
Anyone who has ever been caught in the middle of a contested proxy fight knows just how stressful an event it is. It is very easy...
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Proxy season shake-up 2009
With the 2009 proxy season drawing to a close, we asked a few experts for their key takeaways on shareholder activism and proxy...
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A Canadian shareholder revolution
For years, proxy battles rarely, if ever, cost top management or boards any sleep in Canada. Not only were battles rarely...
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Proxy fulfillment: a new world of choice
Antiquated’, ‘unfair’ and ‘dysfunctional’ are all terms that are frequently bandied about to describe America’s proxy distribution...
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Listen before you leap
Investor relations departments are manning the frontlines at companies struggling to restore the bond they once had with their...
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Speaking fairly to everyone
Getting a set of rules in place to govern shareholder communications is an arduous process at best. The conundrum arises wherever...
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Fueling the investor revolution
Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger. When Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola co-authored that line for...
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Marriage of convenience
These days, many of us are getting used to taking on a few extra responsibilities around the office. But at some Canadian...
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