Activism
Activist Investor Rankings for 2021
By Ronald Orol
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Published: April 6th, 2022
The Deal explores the successes and failures of the biggest names in the activist game in 2021.
Insights & Analysis
Industry insights that are curated and delivered to inform your dealmaking strategies. We select the most relevant information, providing a consistent, convenient source for exclusive intelligence and analysis.
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Activism
New Kingsdale CEO Plots Cross-Border M&A, ESG
By Ronald Orol
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Published: March 25th, 2022
The proxy solicitor's recently appointed CEO, Ian Robertson, says climate change, diversity and cybersecurity risks are all top issues for large institutional investors and their growing policy teams in Canada, even as the power of large proxy advisers diminishes.
Activism
CN Settles With TCI After Failed Railroad Deal
By Ronald Orol
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Published: March 25th, 2022
The Canadian railway company is bringing on a new CEO and will install two new directors under an agreement with Chris Hohn’s activist fund.
Activism
BlackRock, Voting and Insurgencies
By Ronald Orol
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Published: March 24th, 2022
Advisers offer mixed views about whether the index fund manager’s plans to give 850 big institutional clients with $1.5 trillion in assets the power to vote shares will help activists win director contests.
Activism
Short Seller Disclosure Rule Among Measures Targeting Activists
By Ronald Orol
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Published: March 23rd, 2022
New SEC proposals focused on derivatives, 13D disclosures and short selling investments could complicate or even discourage insurgent fund campaigns.
Activism
Share Lending Under Fire
By Ronald Orol
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Published: March 22nd, 2022
A regulatory proposal requiring big index fund managers and other institutional investors to disclose share lending programs could upend short selling activism and drive an uptick in ESG voting.
Activism
Tables Turn in Zell-Portnoy Battle for REIT Supremacy
By Ronald Orol
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Published: March 22nd, 2022
The Portnoy real estate empire gets payback for a 2014 defeat by wresting a coveted industrial property owner away from Sam Zell’s Equity Commonwealth.
Activism
New Era for Proxy Fights
By Ronald Orol
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Published: March 21st, 2022
Advisers to corporations and activists have strongly divergent views about a new SEC rule concerning universal proxy cards.
Activism
Caligan Hovers Amid ADMA Review
By Armie Margaret Lee
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Published: March 18th, 2022
The investment firm is unlikely to launch a contest, though it is focused on a successful outcome from the company's ongoing strategic review with Morgan Stanley.
