activism

Scottish Widows doubles ESG divestment with tobacco exclusions

Mar 28, 2022

Scottish Widows has revealed a ‘flagship commitment’ to divest from tobacco companies as it doubles its ESG divestments to almost £3...Read more

Sell side

Sell-side reports play important role in building case for activism, suggests study

Feb 22, 2022

Tim Human

Sell-side reports play an important role in building the case for hedge-fund activism against public companies, according to recently...Read more

Activism

The universal proxy – Coming this fall! Ticker 129

Jan 25, 2022

Jeff Cossette

The universal proxy – Coming this fall! Ticker 129

This episode of the Ticker podcast is sponsored by Broadridge Financial Services Michael Donowitz, vice president of...Read more

Technology & Social Media

The week in investor relations: Apple’s $3 tn valuation, China Mobile’s Shanghai listing and investor pressure over vaccine distribution

Jan 07, 2022

Garnet Roach

The week in investor relations: Apple’s $3 tn valuation, China Mobile’s Shanghai listing and investor pressure over vaccine distribution

– Apple briefly became a $3 tn company this week – the first firm to hit the milestone – before valuation slipped back a little to $2...Read more

ESG

The 2022 outlook: What’s on the (proxy) cards this year?

Jan 04, 2022

Alexandra Higgins

Bruce Goldfarb

The 2022 outlook: What’s on the (proxy) cards this year?

Over the past two years, the pandemic and other large-scale events have altered the landscape in which public companies operate. These...Read more

Activism

Activism is back in the UK as campaigns double

Oct 12, 2021

Garnet Roach

The number of activist shareholder campaigns targeting UK companies has almost doubled in the past 12 months, according to research...Read more

Activism

Tenured IROs can serve as activist deterrent, study finds

Sep 27, 2021

Jeff Cossette

Tenured IROs can serve as activist deterrent, study finds

In a letter to CEOs, BlackRock’s Larry Fink opines that a ‘central reason for the rise of activism – and wasteful proxy fights – is...Read more

Shareholder targeting & ID

The week in investor relations: Kraft Heinz charged by the SEC, small-cap ESG focus and London Metal Exchange ring reopens

Sep 10, 2021

Garnet Roach

The week in investor relations: Kraft Heinz charged by the SEC, small-cap ESG focus and London Metal Exchange ring reopens

– Cooley PubCo reported the SEC’s announcement of settled charges against Kraft Heinz, its chief operating officer and chief...Read more

Activism

The week in investor relations: Box in fight with Starboard Value, call to end fossil fuel listings in London and SEC probes asset manager over ESG claims

Aug 27, 2021

Garnet Roach

The week in investor relations: Box in fight with Starboard Value, call to end fossil fuel listings in London and SEC probes asset manager over ESG claims

– Reuters reported that ISS-backed cloud storage vendor Box in its fight with activist investor Starboard Value by recommending that...Read more

Small cap

The week in investor relations: Just Eat warned on Twitter spat, China crackdown boost for small caps and tougher rules from the SEC

Jul 30, 2021

Garnet Roach

The week in investor relations: Just Eat warned on Twitter spat, China crackdown boost for small caps and tougher rules from the SEC

– Chief executives are being warned to ‘think twice before they tweet,’ reported The Guardian after the boss of takeaway...Read more

June

Activism

NIRI 2022: ESG activist shareholder proposals fall flat in proxy season

The chair of NIRI says she has not seen activists leverage ESG as often as traditional...Read more

Regulation

All change: A look at how rule changes at the SEC might affect IR

The SEC is consulting on a range of proposals designed to give issuers more timely...Read more

Activism

What impact will the SEC's proposed rules on beneficial ownership have on engagement with activists?

A pair of long-discussed and highly anticipated regulatory changes affecting activist...Read more

Technology & Social Media

The week in investor relations: Executives ‘buy the dip,’ male applicants question Goldman Sachs’ hiring policies and a tech-risk deep dive

– Corporate executives have been buying shares in their companies at a rate not seen...Read more

May

Buy side

Bear-market necessities: Highlights from the IR Magazine Think Tank – East Coast 2022

The stock market sell-off, renewed shareholder activism and incoming SEC rules were just...Read more

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