Universal proxy: Sifma wants more help for shareholders
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) has urged the SEC to do more to help retail shareholders as the...
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Shareholders & activism archive
Proxy access increases at MSCI USA companies, paper reveals
Proxy access has been one of the big success stories in terms of the advancement of shareholder rights over the course of the 2015...
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Olshan’s 2016 shareholder activism review
Olshan Frome Wolosky has topped Activist Insight Monthly’s league table for law firms representing activists for the second year...
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Shareholder activism in 2017: The view from Okapi Partners
With 48 campaigns during 2016 – on both the activist side and the defense – proxy solicitor Okapi Partners topped Activist Insight...
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RBS investors campaign for shareholder committee
More than 160 investors in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have asked the bank to create a shareholder committee to improve the bank...
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Shareholder activism on course for its weakest year in Canada since 2011
Corporate Secretary sister publication IR Magazine reports that, according to research by data provider Activist Insight, the...
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SEC proposes new rules requiring universal proxy cards
In an open meeting on October 26, 2016, the SEC proposed changes to the proxy rules to require the use of universal proxy cards in...
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Activists target increasingly smaller companies
Activists are increasingly setting their eyes on smaller companies and in August there was a substantial increase in activist...
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Jimmy Choo's virtual AGM: Tech firm gives inside story
In an effort to increase its investor access, Jimmy Choo, a footwear and accessory label, hosted a virtual AGM earlier this year...
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Shareholder activism on the rise in Japan
Although still nascent, activism in Japan is picking up with the number of firms targeted set to double year on year. According to...
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