10 October, 2017
GE chairman appoints activist investor representative onto board
An activist investor representative has joined the board of GE, as new chairman and CEO John Flannery (pictured) drives more boardroom change at the industrial products giant. Ed Garden, chief inve...
21 April, 2017
Environmental concerns dominate US shareholder proposals
Environmental concerns top the list of reasons for shareholder proposals in the US, a review of investor activism in the 2016 proxy season has found. The research,
9 September, 2015
Buffett backs BofA’s dual CEO/chairman role
Warren Buffett has given his backing to Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan remaining in the dual role of chief executive and chairman. The intervention is the latest twist in the saga of Moynihan...
8 September, 2015
Swiss court backs sale of Sika stake to Saint-Gobain
The family controlling Sika has claimed a legal victory over the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Cascade Investment, which challenged plans to sell the Swiss chemicals company to France’s Sain...
2 September, 2015
Tesco forced to offer workers concessions
Earlier this year the supermarket said it would be closing its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme and would replace it with a defined contribution scheme. It has now been forced to increase the ma...
13 August, 2015
Investors take a stand on climate change
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12 August, 2015
Investor giant’s fresh focus on governance
At a value of £563bn ($880bn) Norway’s state oil fund is a leviathan of sovereign wealth funds, with a reported average shareholding of 1.3% in every listed company in the world. The minority st...
16 June, 2015
Toyota takes flack for new class of stock
Carmaker Toyota has won approval for a new class of stock that critics complain is not in the spirit of Japanese corporate governance reforms intended to strengthen the role of shareholders. Known ...
16 June, 2015
Planned succession at record levels
The number of CEOs forced out of their jobs at the world’s top 2,500 companies has dropped significantly, while “planned succession” reached record levels in 2014, according to consultants. W...
11 June, 2015
