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1 Jan 2022, 8:20 am
Morgan (Investor)Note: Funding Secured for Working Capital 10-November-21Driven (Merger)Innovative Discovery (Merger) 3-November-21Digital Safe Product Line of Micro FocusSmarshNote: Announced with intent to close in Q1 2022 2-November-21Everlaw (Investee)TPG (Lead) with HIG Growth Partners, Capital G, Menlo Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and K9 Ventures.Series D Funding for $202,000,000 27-October-21Nextpoint (Investee)Sterling National Bank and Bigfoot Capital (Investors)Note: $4,500,000 in Growth… [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 12:00 pm
A strong example of this was seen in December 2019 when BlackRock, a US investment manager responsible for around USD6 trillion in assets, wrote to 120 companies requesting clearer, more comprehensive disclosure of climate change risks. [3] Activist investors are also disrupting operations to force change, as seen in Poland when ClientEarth purchased €20 of shares in energy company Enea. [read post]
24 Dec 2021, 6:26 am
Sandstrom, Center for Political Accountability, on Saturday, December 18, 2021 Tags: Accountability, Disclosure, ESG, Lobbying, Political spending, Transparency BlackRock Investment Stewardship Global Principles Posted by John McKinley, BlackRock Investment Stewardship, on Saturday, December 18, 2021 Tags: BlackRock, Boards of Directors, Climate change, ESG, Index funds, Institutional… [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 1:15 am
Earlier this week, BlackRock issued its 2022 Proxy Voting Guidelines. [read post]
8 Dec 2021, 6:44 am
He took the position that he was “vastly overpaid” for New Jersey because his company matched his prior salary from when he worked at BlackRock in New York City. [read post]
26 Nov 2021, 5:38 am
, Proxy advisors, Proxy voting, SEC, SEC rulemaking, Securities regulation, Shareholder voting SEC Dramatically Changes the Rules for Proxy Contests Posted by Kai Liekefett, Derek Zaba, and Beth Berg, Sidley Austin LLP, on Friday, November 19, 2021 Tags: Boards of Directors, Director nominations, Institutional Investors, Proxy voting, SEC, SEC rulemaking, Securities regulation, Shareholder nominations, Shareholder… [read post]
6 Nov 2021, 10:16 pm
Eligible BlackRock investors will have the following voting options: Voting proxies according to their own internal policies using their own voting infrastructure; Choosing from a menu of third-party proxy voting policies and votes will be cast according to the selected policy using BlackRock’s voting infrastructure; Voting directly on selected resolutions or companies of their choice using BlackRock’s voting infrastructure (only available to institutional… [read post]
2 Nov 2021, 12:30 am
Remember a few years ago, when a counterfeit letter purporting to be from BlackRock’s Larry Fink hit the street? [read post]
1 Nov 2021, 6:29 am
In 2015, BlackRock Inc. and Vanguard Group were both top-five owners in over half of the publicly listed firms in the U.S. and Canada (Park et al. 2019). [read post]
24 Oct 2021, 12:03 pm
The Delaware Chancery Court recently nixed a shareholder group’s bid to replace CytoDyn Inc. [read post]
22 Oct 2021, 6:20 am
Posted by Alberto Manconi (Bocconi University), on Monday, October 18, 2021 Tags: Agency costs, Information asymmetries, Information environment, Insurance, Securities litigation, Settlements Preparing for Potential Updates to HCM & Board Diversity Disclosure Requirements Posted by Sophia Hudson, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Monday, October 18, 2021 Tags: Board composition, Boards of… [read post]
4 Oct 2021, 6:24 am
GERMANY The German Federal Election took place on 26 September 2021, electing a new parliament and marking the end the 16-year chancellorship of Angela Merkel, who did not stand for re-election. [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 8:52 am
Year M&A+I Data Points Activity By Month (Q3 2021) July – 3 August – 6 September – 5 Activity By Month (Q3 2020) July – 5 August – 5 September – 4 Activity By Month (Q3 2019) July – 5 August – 4 September – 2 M&A+I Events (Running Listing: November 2001 – Today) eDiscovery Mergers, Acquisitions, and Investments Event DateAcquired (Investee)Acquirer (Investor)Amount (Estimated $) 22-September-21AlyneMitratech 14-September-21Legal… [read post]
21 Sep 2021, 11:26 am
HSBC, BlackRock, and J.P. [read post]
20 Sep 2021, 12:35 pm
BlackRock Inc., UBS Group AG and HSBC Holdings PLC are among several firms that hold large stakes in Evergrande’s debt. [read post]
20 Aug 2021, 5:54 am
Colpan (Kyoto University) and Randall Morck (University of Alberta), on Monday, August 16, 2021 Tags: Bailouts, Banks, Business groups, Financial institutions, International governance, Risk, Shocks, Systemic risk Blackrock Flexes Its Muscles During the 2020-21 Proxy Period Posted by Cydney Posner, Cooley LLP, on Monday, August 16, 2021 Tags: BlackRock, Boards of Directors, Climate… [read post]
17 Aug 2021, 5:00 pm
News of the acquisition follows Morae’s announcement of new funding from BlackRock. [read post]
16 Aug 2021, 5:16 am
There’s even a global network of NGOs, social movements, grassroots groups and financial advocates called “BlackRock’s Big Problem,” which pressures BlackRock to “rapidly align [its] business practices with a climate-safe world. [read post]
26 May 2021, 3:03 am
For more on this year’s wild ride, last week Reuters reported that over in the UK, Lloyds Banking Group had to temporarily adjourn its annual meeting due to a shareholder repeatedly shouting complaints. [read post]
24 May 2021, 6:03 am
While dialog between companies, investors, and other stakeholder groups has accelerated on a variety of ESG topics, the role of ESG in long-term value creation had already been steadily increasing. [read post]
