A growing number of US companies — including two backed by British entrepreneur Richard Branson — are expected to face fire from investors in the coming months over a once-obscure pay practice that has let them reward executives without consulting shareholders...
Silicon Valley’s culture of founder-dominated companies stands in direct conflict with the Wall Street tradition of activism by outside shareholders. As some of the most successful tech companies face sagging growth and slumping share prices, can the two sides find a way to get along...
Asset manager has voted against reappointments in effort to improve corporate governance...
Shareholder group says David Zaslav’s package is part of ‘history of poor pay practices’ at media company...
Groups including Elliott Management launched campaigns at insurance broker following collapse of $30bn deal...
Two major investors say they will vote against re-election of Severin Schwan if he is proposed...
JPMorgan Chase is fighting four shareholder petitions related to climatechange at the Securities and Exchange Commission, in spite of a new ...
It has become easier for shareholders to push for change if they have a solid record or a trendy theme...
Moderna is fighting a shareholder proposal demanding the pharma group open up its Covid-19 vaccine technology to poorer countries and explain why its prices are so high given the amount of government assistance it has received...
But almost nine in 10 executive directors are male across the top 150 FTSE companies...
Insurgents led by AVI complained about valuation gap between main and feeder funds...
Apple is fighting to prevent shareholder votes calling for more transparency about the use of forced labour in its supply chain and about how it decides which apps to delete from its App Store...
In 1997, when Toyota launched its Prius hybrid, it was a product that symbolised environmental ambitions that outpaced many of its global rivals at the time. Nippon Steel also quietly played its part by supplying new energy-saving steel material for the petrol-electric vehicle...
Henry Kravis and George Roberts stepped aside as KKR co-chief executives last week, having created a private equity behemoth with more than $429bn of assets under management. But the company has also delivered outstanding shareholder returns, achieving an annual average of more than 25 per cent in the 11 years it has been publicly listed...
Removing Matthew Moulding’s golden share is barely a first step to address City concerns...
Activist shareholders are winning more support in their efforts to raise corporate standards...
Glass Lewis says miner’s targets for reduced gas emissions not based on science...
Analysts want action while confidence in management is depleted but activists have no short-term fixes...
While more companies are adopting stakeholder-friendly mandates, they remain exceptions to the rule, with the industry still confused about the exact meaning of such alternative structures...
