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    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      Japanese business & finance
      Battle over engineering company turns spotlight on Nintendo’s family office

      Fight over Toyo Construction comes as the $1.5bn fund seeks to tackle global challenges

    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Hedge fund Elliott sold Twitter stake before Musk backed away from deal

      Activist investor held 10mn shares as price rallied on news of Tesla chief’s $44bn takeover offer

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      ValueAct: activist must not derail NYT’s successful switch online Premium content

      Media group must find balance between tapping as many readers as possible and charging the highest optimal price

    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Walt Disney Co
      Activist investor Third Point urges sweeping changes at Disney

      Shares rise as Daniel Loeb takes ‘significant’ new stake in entertainment group

    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Media
      ValueAct takes 7% stake in New York Times with call for new approach

      Activist investor says news publisher should promote higher-priced bundles to subscribers

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      Moral Money
      Corporate Japan faces historic environmental activism Premium content

      Plus, big wins for solar and carbon capture tech in US climate bill

    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      Taiwanese Apple supplier battles activists over $4bn cash pile

      Argyle Street’s pursuit of changes at Catcher Technology a symbol of growing shareholder unrest in Asia

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC’s chair hits back at Ping An break-up demands

      Mark Tucker warns investors split would result in share-price drop and reduce dividends

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      BlackRock Inc
      BlackRock pulls back support for climate and social resolutions

      Proposals that ‘dictate the pace’ of energy transition receive fewer votes from $8.5tn money manager

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      Investments
      Platform boosts investors’ participation in shareholder votes

      Success could encourage corporate democracy campaigners

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      Volkswagen AG
      Herbert Diess ousted as Volkswagen boss

      CEO forced out after supervisory board vote will be replaced by Porsche chief Oliver Blume

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Activist investors wage record number of campaigns in Europe

      British companies prove especially vulnerable to restive shareholders

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      LexTrian Fund Management LP
      Trian: UK activist holds up unflattering mirror for Peltz Premium content

      Global Value is leading a group that wants to replace most of British fund’s board

    • Saturday, 2 July, 2022
      On Wall StreetPatrick Temple-West
      Abortion and other ESG issues rise up the AGM agenda

      Despite a high profile defeat for Carl Icahn on animal welfare, activists scored notable wins in shareholder votes

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Corporate governance
      Shareholders back away from green petitions in US proxy voting season

      Support drops after activists filed a record 389 environmental and social proposals

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Bed Bath & Beyond Inc
      Bed Bath & Beyond ousts chief as home-goods retailer’s sales drop 25%

      Shares plunge on quarterly results for US company ‘sinking in a sea of red ink’

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
      Toshiba Corp
      KKR takes back seat in Toshiba bidding process

      Move leaves rival Bain in lead position to take Japanese conglomerate private

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Trian Fund Management LP
      Activist shareholder Nelson Peltz in tussle with insurgent investors

      Group of asset managers demands changes on board of Trian Investors 1 fund to ‘restore trust’

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      US financial regulation
      US unions accuse hedge funds of claiming ‘false’ alliance in battle against SEC rules

      AFL-CIO says they do not support activist investors opposed to post-Archegos transparency drive

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Countryside up for sale after shareholder pressure

      UK housebuilder starts sales process just weeks after rejecting bid from US fund

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Toshiba Corp
      Toshiba chief willing to sell company ‘to make it great’

      Taro Shimada is presiding over potential sale of one of Japan’s best-known companies

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      LexCountryside Properties
      Countryside/In-Cap: friendly capitalism goes hostile in pursuit of housebuilder Premium content

      Board should push for higher bid despite the company lacking a permanent chief or turnround plan

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      News in-depthToshiba Corp
      Toshiba agrees ceasefire with investors but fight is far from over

      Group hopes way is clear for biggest take-private deal in Japanese history after years-long battle

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      Jamie Dimon
      Stakeholder capitalism is ‘not woke’, says JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon

      Chief executive pushes back against criticism of corporate America’s environmental and social agenda

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      LexElaine Moore
      The Lex Newsletter: tech shareholder meetings are an annual waste of time Premium content

      The balance of power in tech groups is set to slowly shift

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