Shareholder activism
Japan to tighten rules for shareholder proposals amid pushback against activism
Some business lobbies want the hurdles to be further raised
Let’s combine the benefits of the broker custody model and the seamless experience of the CDP
As the industry mulls ways to enliven the Singapore bourse, it is worth seeing how to achieve the best of both worlds
Koh Brothers rejects shareholders’ renewed push for distribution of Oiltek stake
Putting the same resolution to a vote at the group’s 2025 AGM was to promote open engagement, says the board
Activist threat pushes Japanese companies to unwind cross-shareholdings
Critics say it reduces transparency, muddies valuations and insulates management from shareholders’ voices
Hong Kong activist investor David Webb dies of cancer
HONG Kong activist investor and prominent commentator David Webb has died of metastatic prostate cancer, according to his social media accounts.
Management booted out as Japan’s shareholders flex their muscles in AGMs
[TOKYO] Japan’s annual general meetings in June saw a CEO voted out and an entire board of directors replaced in a sign shareholders are increasingly holding management to account and providing impetu...
Data is changing shareholder capitalism
Corporations should still strive to maximise investor returns, but in some cases, other values should take precedence
‘Very clever’; ‘lost confidence’: Shareholders react to OCBC’s latest exit offer for Great Eastern
The independent financial adviser has deemed the deal to be ‘fair and reasonable’
GEH, OCBC’s proposals a victory of sorts for minorities who have held out, endured suspension
Exit offer is ‘fair and reasonable’ but less than what some GEH minorities believe their shares are worth; lifting of GEH’s trading suspension may only be a temporary reprieve
DEI may not survive. But shareholder activism will
The death of Robert Monks, the godfather of shareholder activism, reminds us how much it has reinvigorated the corporate world
