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  • Call for Papers – Journal of Corporate Finance

    Since the Cadbury Report was published in 1992 in the UK, there has been increasing emphasis not just by UK regulators but also by regulators from other countries, including the USA and Continental Europe, of the role of boards of …
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  • Corporate Governance Quick Bites

    Corporate Governance Quick Bites

    Holly Gregory’s post Applying Securities Laws to Social Media Communications is the best I’ve seen on when the SEC’s Enforcement Division is likely to recommend an enforcement case to the Commission based on the potential for liability arising from disclosures by corporate officers …
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  • International Review Focuses on Executive Compensation

    International Review Focuses on Executive Compensation

    I received my copy of the November edition of Corporate Governance: An International Review a couple of weeks ago (yes, they usually run late). It is a special issue on executive compensation with the usual diversity of well-researched articles from around …
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  • Campaign for Trust Kicks Off Campaign

    Campaign for Trust Kicks Off Campaign

    After a well-documented 10+ years of declining trust in government, business and the media, Trust Across America (TAA) and its ambassadors are launching the Campaign for Trust™, a two-year initiative to reverse this cycle. Said Barbara Brooks Kimmel, a Co-founder and the Executive …
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  • Video Friday: Shareholder Wealth – From Predictable Returns to Casino

    Reuters’ blogger Felix Salmon shares a surprising list of which companies over the last 90 years have generated the most wealth for shareholders, and which ones have destroyed it. Will we get to a market that generates sustainable wealth? What …
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Trending Articles In Shareholder Activism

The Blindness of Short-Term Thinking
The Blindness of Short-Term Thinking

‘Quarterly capitalism’ desperately needs tempering with long-term guidance This guest post by Mindy S. Lubber originally appeared in Pensions & Investments on Jun 25, 2012.  Quarterly capitalism — a system that drives far too many CEOs, directors, investors and analysts to focus …
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credit default swaps on Shareholder's Well-Being
The “Naked” Truth: Impact on Shareholder’s Well-Being

Financial professionals have access to an increasingly sophisticated arsenal of instruments and strategies. Depending upon circumstances, an institution, or even an individual, can create catastrophic damage. Consider the “naked” short sell, touted by industry critics and grandstanding politicos as the …
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The Shareholder Activist - The Wall Street Professional’s Rules of Engagement
The Wall Street Professional’s Rules of Engagement

Sustainability of the companies we co-own can only be enhanced and bolstered by rules of engagement which aspire to consummate professionalism. Trading is at the heart of many Wall Street firms. What follows are techniques guidelines, ideals, and suggestions which can inspire …
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The Shareholder Activist - A PROPER INTRODUCTION: Sample Proof of Ownership & Cover Letters for Shareholder Proposal
A PROPER INTRODUCTION: Sample Proof of Ownership & Cover Letters for Shareholder Proposal

A shareholder proposal is a documented recommendation that a shareholder formally submits to a publicly-traded company advocating the company take a specific course of action. A shareholder proposal should not be long-winded, multi-page document. In fact, if it exceeds 500 …
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