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Investor activism

  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Pfizer Inc
    Activist investor Starboard builds $1bn stake in drugmaker Pfizer

    Pharma giant’s share price has fallen below pre-pandemic levels after shortlived bump from Covid vaccine

    The Pfizer logo displayed on a phone screen, with a colorful stock graph in the background
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    On Wall StreetPatrick Temple-West
    Ballot box power is devolving to retail investors

    Proxy agencies and asset managers will still face scrutiny over their policies

    BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    LexRentokil Initial PLC
    Activists are not always pests — as Peltz should prove at Rentokil

    The company needs fresh ideas to fix its messy integration of Terminix

    A Rentokil pest technician, wearing a uniform with the Rentokil logo, lays an insect detector on the floor of an office building
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Lex
    Activists have fallen hard for dating apps. Investors shouldn’t Premium content

    Match and rival Bumble have struggled with post-pandemic slowdown in growth

    The Tinder app on a smartphone screen
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    News in-depth
    The activist fight to oust a billionaire founder

    Ugly boardroom brawl at Masimo has pitted founder Joe Kiani against activist investor Quentin Koffey

    Joe Kiani speaks at a  a press conference in Bangalore on January 2 2017
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Corporate governance
    Vanguard experiment in shareholder democracy finds investors prefer to defer

    Nearly half of participants in pilot programme allowed to vote their shares chose to let the asset manager do it for them

    American flag on New York Stock Exchange building
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    News Corp
    Activist pushes for end of Murdoch voting control at News Corp

    Family shareholdings at media conglomerate under fresh scrutiny as Rupert Murdoch seeks to transfer power to son

    Rupert Murdoch
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Corporate governance
    Global investors warn Italy over capital markets reforms

    Fund managers urge ‘rethink’ of controversial corporate governance rules

    the Porta Nuova district in Milan
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Cevian Capital AB
    Activist Cevian presses Swiss insurer Baloise for strategy reset

    Europe’s largest activist investor says it has built stake to become group’s largest shareholder

    Cevian Capital logo on a mobile phone and the Baloise logo on a building
  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Seven & i shareholders set deadline for status briefing on takeover bid

    Artisan Partners want an update on negotiations after Couche-Tard’s unsolicited approach

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Vanguard Group Inc
    Vanguard backed no environmental or social measures in 2024 proxy season

    Support on votes has been dwindling among big money managers after reaching record levels just a few years ago

    A large outdoor sign with the word "Vanguard" in red letters is displayed against a white background. The sign is surrounded by landscaped greenery and red flowers, with a backdrop of trees and a partly cloudy sky.
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Bill Ackman
    Bill Ackman seeks to revive IPO with sweeteners for investors

    US fund relaunch could include right to buy extra shares or stock in billionaire’s hedge fund

    Bill Ackman being interviewed
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    News in-depthHarley-Davidson Inc
    The Harley-Davidson boss caught in an ‘anti-woke’ squall

    Ex Puma chief Jochen Zeitz has sparked the ire of anti-DEI activists and bikers over diversity policies

    Robby Starbuck and Jochen Zeitz are pictured in front of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on an orange background. Starbuck is on the left, wearing a suit, and Zeitz is on the right, wearing a Harley-Davidson sweatshirt
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    LexExecutive Pay
    Do not blame the proxy advisers for bust-ups over executive pay Premium content

    In the end, investors call the shots

    Brendan Horgan, wearing a light blue shirt, smiles while standing in front of a glass background.
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock’s support for ESG measures falls to new low

    Asset manager supported just 20 of 493 environmental and social proposals put forward by shareholders at annual meetings

    FT montage of BlackRock and Joud Abdel Majeid
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Carl Icahn
    Carl Icahn hit by SEC disclosure charges after short seller attack

    Activist and his company will pay $2mn to resolve probe launched after Hindenburg Research report

    Carl Icahn
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    US & Canadian companies
    Seth Klarman’s weird Pershing flirtation

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  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Starbucks Corp
    Cautious consumers drive second quarterly sales fall at Starbucks

    Results add to pressure on managers dealing with activist Elliott and scrutiny from former chief executive

    The Starbucks logo
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    News in-depthStarbucks Corp
    The nightmare facing the Starbucks CEO

    Laxman Narasimhan faces criticism from coffee chain’s former boss Howard Schultz and activist investor Elliott

    An illustration of Laxman Narasimhan, Howard Schultz and a Starbucks coffee cup in front of a Starbucks logo
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Starbucks Corp
    Schultz opposes Starbucks settlement with activist investor Elliott

    Coffee chain’s three-time leader has publicly criticised its current management

    Howard Schultz in front of a Starbucks logo
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
    Reckitt and Unilever join the consumer giants slimming down

    A focus on ‘power brands’ is the new mantra for conglomerates once known for their heft

    Durex, Dettol and Reckitt products and logos
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
    Reckitt pressed by shareholders to revisit sale of nutrition business

    FTSE 100 consumer group’s Mead Johnson unit hit by US litigation over baby formula death

    Enfamil brand baby formula
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    ESG investing
    Companies drop DEI targets from bonus plans on conservative pressure

    Criticism from asset managers is increasingly leading big employers to walk back diversity and environmental measures

    Vivek Ramaswamy attends the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Starbucks Corp
    Activist Elliott builds stake in coffee chain Starbucks

    Investor interest follows slowing sales and a share price stuck in the doldrums

    Paul Singer
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Greencore Group PLC
    Oasis takes larger bite of sandwich maker Greencore

    The activist investor’s 10 per cent stake makes it the UK company’s biggest shareholder

    Sandwich on a plate
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