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26 Jul 2021, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
This Lazard report reviews shareholder activism during the first half of 2021. [read post]
4 Jun 2021, 6:27 am
McLeod, and Anitha Reddy, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Tags: Blockholders, Controlling shareholders, Corwin, Delaware cases, Delaware law, Merger litigation, Mergers & acquisitions, Shareholder voting Surviving the Fintech Disruption Posted by Wei Jiang (Columbia University), Yuehua Tang (University of Florida), and Vincent Yao (Georgia State University), on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 … [read post]
7 May 2021, 5:55 am
Lazard’s Q1 2021 Review of Shareholder Activism Posted by Jim Rossman, Mary Ann Deignan, and Christopher Couvelier, Lazard, on Friday, April 30, 2021 Tags: Boards of Directors, ESG, Institutional Investors, International governance, Mergers & acquisitions, Proxy contests, Shareholder activism, SPACs Corporate Governance Update: “Materiality” in America and Abroad Posted by David A. [read post]
21 Apr 2021, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
This Lazard report reviews shareholder activism during the first quarter of 2021. [read post]
22 Feb 2021, 6:09 am
That said, as the pandemic and resulting lockdown lasted longer than first anticipated and businesses successfully adapted, activists arose from hibernation and launched 30 new campaigns in Q4 2020. [2] According to Lazard, the number of U.S. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 6:01 am
Berger, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP , on Monday, January 25, 2021 Tags: Capital formation, Direct listings, Institutional Investors, IPOs, Listing standards, NYSE, SEC, SEC rulemaking, Securities regulation Annual Review of Shareholder Activism Posted by Jim Rossman, Mary Ann Deignan, and Rich Thomas, Lazard, on Monday, January 25, 2021 Tags: Asset management, Boards of Directors, ESG, Index… [read post]
20 Dec 2020, 6:48 am
According to Lazard, 34% of global activism campaigns launched during the first half of this year had M&A objectives, compared to approximately 47% of campaigns last year. [read post]
4 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
This Lazard report summarizes shareholder activism during the third quarter of 2020. [read post]
3 Sep 2020, 10:55 pm by Monica Wong (Toronto)
According to a review of shareholder activism by Lazard (the Lazard Review) that examined global activism trends in the first half of 2020 (H1 2020), economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with heightened awareness of widening socioeconomic inequalities around the world, has altered shareholder activism activity globally. [read post]
3 Sep 2020, 10:55 pm by Monica Wong (Toronto)
According to a review of shareholder activism by Lazard (the Lazard Review) that examined global activism trends in the first half of 2020 (H1 2020), economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with heightened awareness of widening socioeconomic inequalities around the world, has altered shareholder activism activity globally. [read post]
14 May 2020, 11:54 am by Tom Smith
Peter Orszag, a former official in Barack Obama’s White House and now with Lazard, an investment bank, warned that the American economy could face “a significant risk of cascading bankruptcies”. [read post]
15 Mar 2020, 6:30 am by Mitu Gulati
I'd think that if strategy A from Lazard provides for savings of $40 billion with minimal risk of litigation and only a small penalty for future borrowing and strategy B from Rothschild gets you $50 billion in savings, but a high risk of litigation and a 10 basis point higher cost to future borrowing for a couple of years, the way in which the Lebanese high command made the comparison would be the most interesting bit of the saga. [read post]
7 Feb 2020, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
Lazard recently released its report on 2019 shareholder activism. [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 6:03 am
Williams, California State Teachers’ Retirement System, on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Tags: Climate change, Compliance & ethics, Corporate culture, Cybersecurity, Engagement, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Pension funds, Shareholder communications, Stewardship, Sustainability Audit Committee Perspectives on Audit Quality and Assessment: A PCAOB Report Posted by Erin Dwyer, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board,… [read post]