Peltz backs out of Disney board fight as 7,000 jobs cut
Activist investor Nelson Peltz has withdrawn his bid for a seat on the board of The Walt Disney Company after nearly one month of...
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Activism, M&A Archive
The week in investor relations: Earthquake-struck Turkey stops trading after $35 bn erased, Shell directors sued over climate change and retail investors seek higher-quality stocks
– Turkey’s stock exchange suspended trading for five days and canceled all trades executed on Wednesday, following a sell-off that...
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Elliott makes multi-billion-dollar play for Salesforce stock
Activist investor Elliott Investment Management is eyeing a multi-billion-dollar stake in software house Salesforce. Elliott is...
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Nelson Peltz makes move to join Disney board
Activist investor Nelson Peltz has put himself forward – with the backing of his multi-billion-dollar asset management firm Trian...
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Anti-woke activism: A turning point for ESG?
The importance of ESG has become almost unquestioned in recent months. Issuers, investors and most of the financial markets are...
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IR TV: Bénédicte Hautefort of Scalens on ESG data collection and increasing ESG activism
Scalens’ co-founder and CEO Bénédicte Hautefort was one of the speakers at the panel session ‘Overcoming the challenges to ESG...
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ESG strategies, the business model of proxy advisers and more: Ticker 133
In the latest episode of the Ticker podcast, the IR Magazine team reports from the floor of the ESG Integration Forum – Europe...
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Shareholder activism in Canada plummets to lowest level in five years
Canadian companies saw eight shareholder activist campaigns in Canada during the 2022 proxy season, the majority of which (87.5...
The week in investor relations: Roller-coaster US market volatility, activist Engine No 1 thinks long-term and regulators face ESG backlash
– Investors are tightening their neck braces as US stocks soar upwards, plummet back down and then do it all over, CNN reported...
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‘Preparation can deter an activist’s involvement’: FTI Consulting talks activism prep
With news that the aviation and airlines industry has jumped to the top of the list as the industry most vulnerable to activism in...
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