Shareholder activism refers to the actions taken by shareholders of a company to influence its decision-making and business practices. These shareholders, who own a portion of the company, express their concerns, opinions, and demands to the management and board of directors. They often use their voting rights, engage in dialogue, propose resolutions, or launch campaigns to push for changes that align with their interests, such as environmental sustainability, social responsibility, corporate governance, or executive compensation. The goal of
shareholder activism is to hold the company accountable and encourage it to act in ways that benefit both its shareholders and society as a whole.
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Conversely, if
shareholder activism results in good governance and it doesn't result in greater board diversity, what does that say about diversity?
Expect wild discrepancies in valuations; angry finger - pointing among investors, boards and CEOs; and maybe even some private
company shareholder activism.
In fact, there is a growing trend
toward shareholder activism to force these companies to seek strategic alternatives to unlock shareholder value.
Robert McCormick, chief policy officer at Glass Lewis & Co., talks about the impact
of shareholder activism on corporate governance.
The recent experiences of Solocal provide us with a good opportunity to consider the effects of
shareholder activism at French listed companies.
Takeovers among U.S. REITs are poised to accelerate
as shareholder activism increases and executives become more receptive to deals.
-LSB-...] In
Entrepreneurial Shareholder Activism: Hedge Funds and Other Private Investors, April Klein and Emanuel Zur examined recent «confrontational activism campaigns» by «entrepreneurial shareholder activists» and concluded that such strategies generate «significantly positive market reaction for the target firm around the initial Schedule 13D filing date» and «significantly positive returns over the subsequent year.»
Nevertheless, as Bloomberg reported, Ackman is pushing the limits of
shareholder activism by aggressively and openly pushing CP's board to hire Harrison because the company already has a leader in place and there appears to be limited boardroom support for a management shakeup.
A behind the scenes look at the bruising four month battle between the chemical giant and hedge fund Trian, which will be decided this week, offers a new window into
whether shareholder activism is good for corporate America, or crippling it.
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about shareholder activism where shareholders can influence a corporation's behaviour by exercising their rights as owners to bring about a social change.
A recent study conducted by April Klein and Emanuel Zur on
shareholder activism found that stock prices of companies targeted by activist investors earn 10.2 % average returns during the period surrounding an activist's ownership disclosure and an additional 11.4 % abnormal return during the following year.
She joined the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) in 1999 and served as an expert on
labor shareholder activism, writing reports on labor fund activism, executive compensation shareholder proposals and golden parachutes.
United for a Fair Economy conducts the Responsible Wealth Project, a network of over 750 business leaders, investors, and other wealthy individuals who work to build a fairer economy
through shareholder activism, support for the living wage, and fair taxation work.
«Ministers have spoken of the need for
greater shareholder activism but despite the government being the largest shareholder in RBS, have failed to rein in excess.
State Comptroller Tom Di Napoli is opposing the call for him to divest the state's pension plans from fossil fuel companies, on the grounds that he can be more effective using the state's stock ownership to
do shareholder activism.
By the mid-1980s, Price became well - known for his
aggressive shareholder activism, finding value in troubled companies and pressing management, often very publicly, to unlock that value for shareholders.
Dr. Jackson also writes a blog about his particular brand of web -
based shareholder activism called Breakout Performance and has provided his analysis of BRN in a June post.
This series fell by the wayside since September, as I focused on a flurry of posts covering performance, a
little shareholder activism, and some pretty exciting new stock buys / write - ups.
And think about the incentives for Conwert: The company plans to focus on building up its German portfolio, eliminate its (unwarranted) NAV discount & avoid and / or respond to
further shareholder activism (a la Petrus or Haselsteiner).
They recognized the implications for secular undervaluation which lead them to make an impressive early identification of the re-emergence of
modern shareholder activism:
This means that lenders will keep proposing poison puts and boards will «avoid resisting» them because they
deter shareholder activism.
Although shareholder activism has been around for 30 years, the amount of activism has risen to unseen levels in recent years, according to the Economist.
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The boards of some major US and Australian companies have responded to
shareholder activism by becoming more active in their pursuit of best practice.
Fortune's Steve Gandel takes a look at the bruising four - month battle between the chemical giant and hedge fund Trian, saying it offers a new window into
whether shareholder activism is good for corporate America, or crippling it.
Liu noted that of the 750 members of his staff, only five were assigned to deal
with shareholder activism and corporate governance.
Interviewed by Gregory Millman of The Wall Street Journal's Risk and Compliance Team for a story
on shareholder activism in Canada, May 15, 2015.